Cuckoos. Weird aren't they? If you hear one pour yourself a beer. I've been coding our new shop while playing with RISO inks and Aled has nearly finished our first font. Sign up on our website and receive a weekly newsletter filled with conversation stoppers. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

This week I’ve been avoiding Americans in Italy (hard), while Aled’s been avoiding his children at home (impossible). Here’s another dose of design-adjacent links and thoughts for your weary souls including Paula Sher, The Stone Tape, Design Reviewed book and rats. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

#BrokenVeil BROKEN VEIL II Only on Patreon. Coming soon.

Hiya, us again. In this week's newsletter we try out Glyphs from @glyphsapp.com, ogle a beautiful grimoire, gravid with grim folk art from @gravegoodspub.bsky.social, while trying to work out what the fuck we're going to do with the kids for the next two weeks. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Just perfect.

The Shire has gone full on Spring Mode just like our website. We've been beavering away on an app design project. We have a new iPad which is as disappointing as Google's new AI design tool Stitch. At least there are now Tintin LEGO minifigs in the world. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Sweet 16. Although it's not sweet, it's full of bees. Who should be sweet but are in fact very bitter. About this government. Also Indie foundries*, future maps and a Dig Dug clone by yours truly. pook.design/the-wood-pil... * This appears to be shutdown!

After a week of Figma and Google Docs we are ready for the weekend. This week's 15th newsletter brings you another stupid Groundnut Scheme idea from an "architect" who should know better, a dotty duo from Quebec and some brilliant TV to distract you from the world. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Hello fellow bipeds. This week we've started work on a font. We squint through our fingers at a new anti-everything movement from @profgalloway.com and try to destroy the universe as an evil egg. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

In this week's newsletter (#13 🪓🔪) we peek at an interesting camera called Muybridge (see what they did there), start and finish the latest excellent @inkle.co game TR-49 in a week, being listening to a list of 1000 albums as well as admire the wobbly wigs and sets in Stranger Things. Phew!

Vote for this Lego Idea RIGHT NOW! (Via Pressing Matters) by @legoprintpress (Instagram). Yes, they work! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

A return of the newsletter that always promises, yet succeeds, to deliver so little. We blab on about ourselves (obvs), Saint Mars of the Desert brewery, an Olivetti book you can buy from @presentcorrect.bsky.social, and spaghetti-obsessives, The Wave Pictures. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

While discussing our studio playlist plan for 2026, we were delighted to discover @1001albumsgen.bsky.social which has saved us hours of deliberation. Fresh album suggestions served every day. Now to listen to them all before we die. Now playing Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 🦇

My humans have been busy working on new branding and website for UK financial wizards Elucid Partners. elucidpartners.co.uk

On time for once, here is newsletter # 11 , in which we rail against stupid leaders, gulp at the price of memory and Gallic shrug at the end of the world. Happy weekend everyone! pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Our website is now in Winter mode. pook.design

Greetings Seedlings of Eve – Newsletter #10 to ossify your tentacles. National Illustration day scribbled past (via @tormalore on IG), @piccalil.li offers its excellent design courses for a bargain & we finally play Arcs from @leder.games (until the kittens attack) pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Here's newsletter #9 and while we’ve been tapping away on our keyboards coding stuff, we have been laughing at AI generated Christmas banners, getting killed by naked scarecrows (thanks @seanrleahy.bsky.social ) and listening to The Stone Roses (first album only). pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Beautiful 🦉☕

Afternoon fellow Elves and Goblins. In The Wood Pile's newsletter #8 we continue to group and ungroup things in Figma, while waiting for the AI bubble to burst like a pustulent buboe. Also Aliens, cats and new shiny things from Steam. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Hello! I missed telling you about Friday’s newsletter. JE has been reading books in Kefalonia while AL stayed at home making a load of micro animations for a client project. Also stuff about Affinity, expensive flaps and Turnstile. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

It wasn’t me 😙

Purchased a copy of General Witchfinders to see if any of the family are mentioned. Also purchased @wyrdscience.bsky.social latest issues.

It’s good to see some old chums having a good time!

Afternoon Humans. We’re not going away are we? This week we’ve been planning a project management system, working on a client website and looking at weird robot films. What have you been up to? pook.design/the-wood-pil...

We present to you a newsletter to which nobody subscribes. Good ‘ere innit? This week: Projects, Escape the Dark Castle V2 from @themeborne, a steam sale bargain and some other trifles. Say hello and follow along using your favourite echo chamber ber ber ber ber ber… pook.design/the-wood-pil...

There's a lot of weird 'shrooms out there at the moment. This one is my favouritest. #mushrooms #hampshire

If the cost of shipping puts you off buying prints, worldwide shipping is currently free over at @inprnt.com www.inprnt.com/gallery/this... #ArtPrints #SciFi

Hello humans. It has been a week of making and mulling for newsletter #4. We’ve been shaping a new visual language for a client, tinkering with physics engines, while welcoming the return of physical buttons. #design pook.design/the-wood-pil...

This week in newsletter #3 (whaddya mean you haven’t signed up yet?) we welcomed a couple of new babies. One is human. Oh how we laughed at Meta’s latest muddle. And, oh how we are a little bit nervous about riding 100km offroad this weekend. pook.design/the-wood-pil...

Step through a holly bush and say hello 👋

Afternoon humans. I’ve made myself a new website using twigs, mushrooms and all manner of forest detritus. pook.design

I’ve started a new studio over at @pook.design with @aledlewis.com and we have finally got a website ready to go. We’re going to send out a weekly Friday email filled with design rubbish, thoughts and ideas and that kind of thing. Follow along if that takes your fancy. pook.eo.page/pook-gang

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