BenGilman

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Archive for the ‘Design’ category

Unfortunate similarities

Unforeseen consequences of the visual similarities between the Labour Party manifesto and mutual nuclear armageddon.

Unravelling the t-shirt Hipstery

In which your intrepid blogger orders a t-shirt online and documents the experience. Better than it sounds.

12 Oct '09

Take more baths

Because it is a universally-accepted fact that the ideas creation process is best triggered by dousing oneself in warm water. Ergo, a design lesson.

Five great design blogs

A quintet of weblogs of quality – eminently deserving of your attention.

11 Aug '09

Why freelance in your spare time?

Like many other designers I take on some freelance jobs in my spare time from my main job. I’ve been working that way for nearly six years. So in the first of an ambitious series entitled “writing about what I know” I’m going to run down the reasons.