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"Companies make their biggest mistakes when things are going well."

Someone told me this recently. I think it was said by John Bartle of BBH fame. Saving here.

Is there an AI that's good at lettering?

And spelling? I'd love to know.

“Buy Two, Get Two Free”

This is a great blog post.

Like blog posts from the olden days it starts off being about nothing. It meanders around a bit and has real photos of real things in real life. Then just as you finish it you realise it was actually quite profound in the way normal everyday life is.

But read it for the story about the "baffling “Buy Two, Get Two Free” promotion".

Design Research urls #21

102. This analysis by the FT of central bank logos is incredible 'A comprehensive taxonomy of central bank logos, with jokes'

But this article 'sellside research notes ranked by aesthetics, not content' by the same crew is more important. Central bank logos are a bit irrelevant to be honest but research is designed to be read. If you can't read it, that's a problem. See also 'The solutions to all our problems may be buried in PDFs that nobody reads'  a recent report by the World Bank. 

 

103. Norman Foster has a new monograph published by Taschen. It's gorgeous. It's also £350. The limited edition, numbered, signed one is £3,000.

104. Neville Brody has a new book out, the Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3. That's £35. The Graphic Language 1 (1988) and 2 (1996) were hugely influential to designers of my age. Fond memories.

105. Es has a new book out, An Atlas of Es Devlin. That's £85 and has the most interesting paper engineering of the lot.

Monographs, eh? All are RDIs, Foster, Brody, Devlin.

106. The world’s largest stadiums – in pictures.

107. An AI Johnny Cash sings Taylor Swift on TikTok. Perfect.