Tonight’s was a beaut. You gotta take joy out of anything you can in this shitshow we’re in right now.

‘Twas a cinematic, foggy and emotional night for Suede from the moshpit at the Brighton Centre, preceded by a magical 88.88 restaurant bill.

‘Mystic Mountain’ captured by Hubble in the Carina Nebula

Not exactly sure what the mood of my rucksack is this morning but I agree

Anyone else find this amusing?

The Japanese maple on my patio is putting on a show at the moment

For a glimpse into university life in the late 19th century, this complaint letter from May 26 1893 from the Brighton School of Art archive. Needless to say campus life in Brighton has come a long way since then!

How wild is this Pale Tussock moth caterpillar?

Just the Work Fox, coming to see about food ❤️

Toby’s here to boop you #abyssinian #toby

Ever feel like you’re being watched? #abyssinian #gus

Favourite garden gate sign #brighton

My kind of traffic jam 🦌

Disappointed by my first ever fortune cookie - I’ve no business to expand

The Design Archives' own Sirpa Kutilainen @sirps.bsky.social & Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social are speaking at the Archives and Records Association 2025 Conference @araconference.bsky.social in Bristol next week. Read more about their research here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

The facial expressions on this guy though #gus

Mornings in the Finnish countryside while waiting for the sauna to heat up = absolute bliss

Cleaning in progress on Gothboy’s gothier than goth foot. #Toby

261) Passwordbot. Remembers and can flawlessly type all your passwords. #SmallRobotsRemastered

Slow mo’ cats on a wheel #gus #toby

This little rose chafer was five seconds from being a cat toy for all eternity (until death)

“Life is good” - Otis

Found a postcard of me as cat

NASA are offering $3 million for anyone who comes up with an idea which will solve the problem of human poop in space. There are currently 96 bags of it littering The Moon. The mind boggles that the issue hasn’t had a resolution yet, what with the amounts of money involved in the program.

Pile o’cats #gus #toby #otis

Trying to thread a sewing machine needle has made me feel old and null and void.

It’s a made tea - forgot to drink tea - tea got cold - refuse to microwave tea - tea wasted kind of day.

I ain’t no fool, April

Details from some of the absolutely stunning Thomas Denny stained glass at Gloucester Cathedral

The sun is finally high enough in the sky to reach a slither of our terrace. These two heat-hoarders are on the case. #gus #toby

Sunday perfection #gus

Look at mah paw. LOOK AT IT. #toby

Me to myself: This is annoying. This conversation is annoying, this person is annoying. I hope I’m hiding it well. My face:

Off She popped at the crack of dawn, getting all eclipsed in Her full dress (not done justice to by my potato of a phone camera)

Up now on our Community page, Pavol Kosnáč, social scientist & director of the DEKK Institute in Bratislava, shares how designer Dorrit Dekk's resilience in the face of adversity influenced the naming of the Dekk Institute. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... #EYAJustice

For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment. ❤️💪🏻

Thanks to Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) part of @ukri.org, the Design Archives was awarded funding to continue work addressing sustainability challenges within the archives sector. Read about this ongoing project + what this funding will support here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

The view when you come through our living room door and look up #toby

Genuinely thought this BCMI Exhibition photo label said ‘Children’s Hell’. I’m not tired, you’re tired. #archives

A cat…. Or jello? #Gus

100% do / have / experience this. A lot. ( from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows )

5000 years of wisdom under our belt and look where we are. Honestly, good luck to the asteroid.

I do love the birdsong they play in the toilets at Helsinki Airport. Relaxing.

People who make a meal out of sneezing by doing it unnecessarily loudly: GET IN THE BIN.

Gettin’ crowded #gus #otis

Logging onto the internet every day is like showing up to a group project where no one agreed on the topic but everyone’s arguing anyway. Inspiring stuff.

Gothfeets #toby