How beautiful is a street-name sign?

I know what you’re thinking. They’re not beautiful - they’re dull. Could there even be a topic less remarkable and more dreary than that of street-name sign design?

Well, if you’re thinking such, then you haven’t been to Madrid!

Every street-name sign in the centre of Madrid has a tiled sign like this, each with a unique [...]

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The dirty mind of an illustrator

A couple of weeks ago my attention was drawn to an excellent animation on David Airey’s blog, who in turn had discovered it on Michael Surtee’s DesignNotes.

Both David and Michael praised Patty as an excellent example of illustration, which it is as well as being being a simply stunning animation. Slightly saucy, but not naughty, [...]

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