Category
Graphics
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01.06.07Phone HellYears ago, I had a webcam on this site, which was trained on me during various hours of the day - ah, such heady days of being young(ish), innocent(ish) and not minding sharing your bad hair days with the world. Anyway, I recently re-discovered a little animation I made with a series of cam images taken while I was on the phone on hold to a call centre somewhere. Thought I'd post it here again. The crappy resolution was the result (I assume) of trying to compress the file so that it downloaded quickly on 56.6kbps. Of course, these days it'd have ...
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08.20.06FlashbackI've been randomly finding and hoarding old tourism leaflets and maps etc used as bookmarks and at the bottom of boxes, for a while now. Often, the most interesting examples are not the truly (properly?) designed objects such as album covers or book jackets, but the ones which have another function - advertising or promotion. Leaflets, adverts, event programmes and map covers seem to be especially revealing, for some reason. It's not a real collection or anything, but I find myself drawn to these things, amused and inspired by the design and font treatments they used throughout the 60s, 70s and ...
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02.05.03Crappy-Summer-o-maticA simple flow chart to help you deal with the weather in the UK during the months of May, June, July and August.
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02.05.03Fatal ErrorI wish such a thing existed.
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02.05.03On Hold"Sorry, all our operators are busy at present. You are currently held in a queue. Your call is important to us. Please continue to hold. Thank you....Sorry, all our operators are busy at present..." If you've ever been on hold to your local council/bank/energy supplier you'll know this feeling only too well.
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