remember when the only good thing the government managed to do during lockdown was accidentally create some classic seventies sitcoms

Type suggestions please! Need examples of typefaces – serif or sans, not fussy – with just a silly, crazy amount of ligatures. #ligaturemaxxing

saw this, immediately thought I was about to watch Danger Mouse

"The “pinning” setting is for temporarily fastening papers. Staples that go through paper with the legs bending outward, rather than curling inward, are easier to remove and do less damage to the paper when pulled back out again." www.stapleheadquarters.com/why-do-stapl...

Has anyone ever used the other setting on a stapler? What is it even for?

Kes poster by Gyorgy Kemeny, 1971

Both @ghost.org and @buttondown.com are great newsletter platforms and make migrating your lists and posts from substack really really easy.

Madam Who poster by Eric Rohman, 1919

This image was once the coolest thing my 11 year old brain had ever encountered:

All About Eve poster by Erik Nitsche, 1950

Danish poster for Madame X by Benny Stilling, 1966

Time to enjoy some 1960s Hungarian calendar cards! maraid.co.uk/blog/2014/10...

Not now, mysterious and rare building that raises more questions than it answers

Very happy to start the week with a name drop (and a song request?!) in @thecinemile.bsky.social's For All Mankind recap.

Madam Who poster by Eric Rohman, 1919

Eames Office and Spanish furniture brand Kettal are selling modular Eames Houses and yes, yes please.

All About Eve poster by Erik Nitsche, 1950

It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for

Attention, Turtle! poster by Frantisek Zalesak, 1972

All back to mine for some leftist chatterati

Time to enjoy some 1960s Hungarian calendar cards! maraid.co.uk/blog/2014/10...

My Way Home poster by Milos Reindl, 1965

Meanwhile, a newsletter about good stuff made by humans

Putting together a list of London exhibitions I need to visit this year. What am I missing?

Amerika cover by Edward Gorey, 1955

New illustration for Hillary Clinton in @nytimes.com

KAIJUBARB

Attention, Turtle! poster by Frantisek Zalesak, 1972

4% left to reach funding target. What started as a personal passion has grown, through Design Reviewed, into a book built from years of collecting, research, and dedication to graphic design history. The response so far has been incredible. We’re right at the finish line now! vol.co/collections/...

The Function Of Colour In Factories, Schools & Hospitals, 1950 www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/p...

Anyone know if AH GOOD THE SEA is still at the University of York?

Meanwhile, roaming suburban boys and other hyperlinks.

Lots of great book shops in York, but the second hand art book table tucked away in the corner of the art gallery is hard to beat.

Coffee machines turned into tiny cafés by Wes Anderson’s model-maker Simon Weisse.

found a couple of absolute banger signs

Great piece, and worth mentioning hardbacks, esp. exclusive editions with sprayed edges, also get a lot of attention on insta and tiktok as objects in their own right, which is probably another reason they're still a thing. 3D design, as opposed to a paperback's 2D design.

Hanging with the little freaks at York Art Gallery

Guardian US' Emma Brockes isn't on here,but if anyone knows her, tell her this interview is MAJESTIC. Skill, as we used to say in Essex. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

the artemis crew tucking into a well-earned nando’s

BREAKING NEWS

SPACE IS SO COOL THIS IS SO GREAT

textbook splashdown

*calmly mounts horse, dons gorilla mask* okay everyone this is what we’ve been training for

happy anniversary of when almost nothing happened

Little obsessed with For All Mankind’s Newtons – essentially early iPhones crammed into the bodies of early iPods.

Coffee machines turned into tiny cafés by Wes Anderson’s model-maker Simon Weisse.

blue boys

I know truncation should never be a strategy but I think I found the one exception

YES. Fantastic game.

Putting together a list of London exhibitions I need to visit this year. What am I missing?