Things that have caught my fancy on the world wide web: Artist creates incredibly tiny floating worlds | Dark Patterns are designed to trick you | Is it just me, or is the world going crazy? | The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies | Real underground kingdom that has existed for millions of years went unnoticed, until recently | Why passports come in 4 standard colours…
Things wot caught my fancy. The UX Secret That Will Ruin Apps For You by Mark Wilson, Fastcodesign [1000 words] – Details how lots of sites can process certain functions in a split second...
Interesting, thought-provoking bits and bobs. A slight indictment on society in this one, a little dystopian, sprinkled with a few moments of levity. The UK Gold by Thom Yorke & Robert Del Naja, Soundcloud [streaming soundtrack]...
Things that made me think. Society, complexity, pretties. Is it time to rethink recycling? by Amy Westervelt, Vox [2000 word article] – interesting article about moves to shift the responsibility of recycling and packaging from governments to...
Not to be confused with Star Wars: Special Edition. Here are a few articles I’ve had kicking about since Star Wars VII came out at the end of last year. It’s been a surreal...
Abandoned Chinese Fishing Village Being Swallowed By Nature on Bored Panda [Gallery list] – Just incredible. Artists got ‘Homeland is racist’ Arabic graffiti into the latest episode of ‘Homeland – by Elahe Izadi, Washington Post [647 word news article...
Things ah’ve been looking at this week. How Tech Companies Are Celebrating Back To The Future Day on TechCrunch [click gallery, mixed media] – It was Back to the Future Day this week, and a...
Here’s where I’ve been this week: Dear Data by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec – a brilliant project in which two designers send each other a postcard a week, transforming data from a different aspect of...
Squash and Gourd Tunnels That Will Simply Amaze You by Grow Something Green – Hyperbole aside, I had no idea gourd tunnels were even a thing, let alone something I feel I now need or...
Saint Étienne’s urban doodler with a sense of humour [list, 10 images] – Oak Oak [artist website] I adore guerilla street art done in series, making small additions to alter the meaning of a space. These are small,...
Watercolour Whisky
In which I paint and review single malt Scotch whiskies
Filmspotting
Recreating shots from some of my favourite films
Flotsam & Jetsam