I’m really late to this, but the RYBitten project by @meodai.bsky.social is nothing short of stunning. Check it out if you have any vague interest in colour — or just like very cool websites. (via @jakegiltsoff.bsky.social)

An AI bot created by Andon Labs is running its own retail store in San Francisco. The bot has hired a pair of human employees and “has a corporate card, a phone number, email, internet access and eyes through security cameras”. [andonlabs.com]

This should be a good talk - Bas Jacobs from Underware type foundry at the St Bride Foundation - Thursday 23 April at 7pm. sbf.org.uk/whats-on/vie...

This week’s Meanwhile, with various bits and bobs including @goodspeed.bsky.social @kottke.org @designreviewed.com @jezburrows.com @clivethompson.bsky.social @wemadethis.co.uk etc. buttondown.com/meanwhile/ar...

To celebrate Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet at 30(ish) – I’ve reproduced a brilliant article about the art direction of the film from the April 1997 issue of The Face. wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

To celebrate Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet at 30(ish) – I’ve reproduced a brilliant article about the art direction of the film from the April 1997 issue of The Face. wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/04...

Japan’s Last Generation of Sign Painters fontstand.com/news/essays/... (featured in the most recent Sign Design Society newsletter signdesignsociety.co.uk)

This takes just a couple of minutes 🙂 🚲 LCC's campaign Streets for Cycling is calling on local election candidates to make cycling in your borough safe everywhere and fun for everyone! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🧑‍💻 Email & ask your candidates to pledge to build a safe local cycle network today action.lcc.org.uk/streets

This could be really helpful for a lot of small businesses: “…changes will include a new 60-day cap on payment terms on all large firms when paying smaller suppliers. New mandatory interest on late payments will also be introduced.” www.gov.uk/government/n...

I see Question Time has reached its inevitable endgame. It was bound to happen.

Just glorious

Congratulations! 20 years! Crazy that we chatted 14 years ago... (and still a very popular post!) www.casualoptimist.com/blog/2012/03...

Celebrating twenty years of wittering on 🙂 wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/03...

This book about Gardners’ Market Sundries, the wonderful paper bag and sundries shop in Spitalfields, looks truly wonderful. If you’d like a copy / want to back it, there are just ten days left to do so. Please share far and wide 😀. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b...

I just filled in the consultation linked in this article. Takes about 20 minutes. Could help protect the BBC. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... In a world of lies, we need the BBC more than ever. This week could be our last chance to save it | Polly Toynbee

New blog post - What if we could use our creativity for good? wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/03...

A fantastic little exhibition has just opened at University of London’s Senate House Library – ‘English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond’. I dropped by for a look: wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/03... @senatehouselib.bsky.social

In December, I casually sent a vacation photo to Paul Lukas, a friend and fellow obsessive, because it had an inverted “H” that I knew would give him a giggle, or vex him, or both. Two months later, amazingly, these 2,000 words: www.inconspicuous.info/p/h-bomb-a-f...

LCC are pushing for the Mayor, London councils, and the Met Police to take significant action on cycle theft. With c40,000 bikes stolen each year, and just 2% recovered, it’s an urgent situation. Take a look, read the report, and sign the petition. (Campaign and report designed by We Made This)

A huge collection of graphic design archives and resources, like The People’s Graphic Design Archive, Book Cover Archive, and Letterform Archive. This is great! [wemadethis.co.uk]

Mundo Mendo Book One by @luismendo.com is an utter delight (and the spine is particularly so). Read all about it at wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2026/01...

New identity for The Wynykn de Worde Society – established in 1957, and bringing together kindred spirits in publishing, printing and the graphic arts. wemadethis.co.uk/work/the-wyn...

Last chance to a) win a flashy Kryptonite U-lock worth £270, b) feed in your experiences & thoughts on cycle theft in London. www.surveymonkey.com/r/LCCTheft20... Survey closes this week.

Identity — The Story of Czech Graphic Design is a seven-part series available on YouTube that “introduces viewers to the history of Czech graphic design”. [kottke.org]

Dream, if you can, a courtyard An ocean of violets in bloom

📣 LAST CALL FOR GIFT MEMBERSHIPS 🛍️ ⏰ You have until midday today to order any LCC Gift Memberships, and have them arrive in time for Christmas! 🚲 Remember, not only do memberships come with great benefits, but they also support safer cycling in London - order yours today: bit.ly/42Tc1hG

New blog post: Really great things to look forward to in 2026 – a run down of the best bits of art, design and culture coming to London, and beyond, next year. (As well as a few bits that you can still get to in 2025!) wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/12...

New blog post: Really great things to look forward to in 2026 – a run down of the best bits of art, design and culture coming to London, and beyond, next year. (As well as a few bits that you can still get to in 2025!) wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/12...

A book about the legendary Spitalfields store ‘Gardners’, a paper bag, and general sundries, supplier to many local businesses. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b... Buy one/back it at the link

If you need an excuse to join the amazing @londoncycling.bsky.social here's a good one. But really, amazing benefits and you support the work me & my team do nonstop to keep making London better, particularly for cycling.

Mattias Krantz bought an octopus from the fish market and taught it how to play piano. [youtube.com]

A good day to listen to our proud, joyous history of the BBC: One of the greatest British inventions of the 20th Century. An institution which, even at its worst, is far better than its detractors podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Happy Halloween everyone. #WorldBollardAssociation 👻

New post: Updating Albertus for the City of London wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

💡 Been putting off getting a good set of lights? ⏰ We've all been there, but with the clocks going back on Sunday, now's the time to get on it! Thankfully, LCC Membership comes with CayEye lights as a FREE welcome gift: bit.ly/3R38Pcd

I'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only. So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7

So good. I got stuck at the perfect circle.

Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children. “Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children, but under the inexpert guidance of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., other states may follow.” [theatlantic.com]

I just put online the chapter from my book that talks about all the myths and mysteries about QWERTY and Dvorak. You can read it here: aresluna.org/the-primitiv...

This is VERY cool, and clever. An interactive atlas of the Solar System. #Space

One is not amused. www.westminster.gov.uk/news/new-str...

Spineless Wonders at the Senate Library (University of London). A perfect little show. www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/07...

Yum. A video tour of AJ Wells, enamel sign makers for the London Underground, courtesy of the London Transport Museum. The section about signs starts around 14m 20secs. youtu.be/mLh9BSay-80?...

What do you call a book without a spine? Spineless? It’s books that are too thin to be bound with a solid spine that are the subject of this curious exhibition at Senate House. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fol...

Picked this up on ebay recently: On Your Bike: The Guide to Cycling in London. Published by @londoncycling.bsky.social and Friends of the Earth, June 1983 (42 years ago!) Written, edited and designed by Owen Watson. Headings set in Kabel Black. Album of scans: www.flickr.com/photos/alist...

New post: www.wemadethis.co.uk/blog/2025/06...

Writing a thing about QR codes. Where d’you generate yours? Any great / terrible experiences?

The third of my recent projects for @londoncycling.bsky.social - their Dare to Dream! campaign, encouraging people to push Sadiq Khan to take action and be bolder on cycling. Read more here: www.wemadethis.co.uk/work/lcc-dar...

More recent design work for @londoncycling.bsky.social - identity and materials for their brilliant Share the Joy fund. Read more here: www.wemadethis.co.uk/work/lcc-sha...