Posts from 2007

I can’t remember where I heard it, but I was surprised it came from someone in the field. The sarcastic tone surprised me even more than the chuckles of agreement. Hang on, I thought with astonishment, surely we’ve not reached the stage where we reduce ourselves to hackneyed self-criticism? In my experience, passion for their [...]

Stuck on the Tube, I remembered I also had some cute transport-related links to share. So here they are. Incomprehensible intersections – road design gone horribly wrong. I know the Americans denigrate the fine British roundabout, but at least we don’t often end up with monstrosities of this scale. Airport – a neat little Flash [...]

Draughts got solved – I do think AI is a ‘good thing’ but I think I liked the days where great mysteries were just that. I hope chess still has a few years left. The Helvetica film is finally on at the ICA this month. Now I just need to find another typography geek to [...]

Would love to see these Sonic Youth gig stats turned into some explorable interface. Any budding information designers with plenty of time on their hands?

Had to pass comment on Field Day. The weather was gorgeous, the lineup was excellent, but the whole event was pretty much ruined by amateurish organisation. It’s received a comprehensive slating on Myspace, and with good cause. 14 bar staff for 10,000 people does not a good ratio make, and even our backup plan of [...]

Quite liking last.fm’s new video player. Not hugely different from YouTube, but seems a little sharper to me. Quite liking this song, too.

Got back from Copenhagen last night. Ignoring the cheesy tourist clubs, I need to revisit at some point. Interesting and accessible culture, helped hugely by the Danes’ humbling knowledge of English. Throw in pretty girls, good beer, and of course a good deal of nice design (even the theme park’s gift shop went beyond the [...]

Even the removals guy had heard of Robbie, and he hates football. We’ve seen some great players at Cardiff (let’s not forget Koumas just went for £5.5m to Wigan) but this is the first time we’ve ever had someone who, at his peak, was world class. Of course he’s not the player he once was, [...]