I’m a marionette
You expect advertising to make products look as good, if not better, than they do in real life. Despite knowing...
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Fold in half lengthwise
Shopping centres are not what they might be. Usually nothing more than somewhere to stay out of the rain, or...
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Britain Can Make It
The Visual Arts Data Service is keeping me happy in-between times. It’s such a nice place to surf. Image after...
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Russian dolls
I was really pleased to come upon another online repository of images of vintage children’s books this week. So much...
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Edinburgh rock
A recent weekend in Edinburgh proved to be full of fantastic stonemasonry. Street after impressive street of great houses and...
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Britain in pictures
The Britain in Pictures series of books was published in the late 1930s and 1940s by Collins. It was edited...
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His Happy Christmas
A man can never have too many good ties or socks. These particular ‘plain or fancy’ socks come from a...
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Mushroom & Monkey
This time last year I was swanning around New York, celebrating a birthday in a style to which I could...
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Knit it in Jaeger
Chilly days and the knitting needles are twitching. Or rather, for me, the accoutrements of knitting come out onto the...
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Typographic fireworks
The past weekend of bonfire night celebrations made me think of a simple piece of work by John Maeda that...
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Cartoon bling
I never really thought about it before but where did Tin Tin shop? Those dapper plus fours, sharp brogues and...
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Just my cup of (Swedish) tea
I was trundling around Stockholm’s Architecture Museum the other weekend, admiring their selection of architectural models. I was especially taken...