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The new D&AD Annual is out

Online only, take a look here dandad.org/annual/2022

 

"Struggling with the pressures of the modern internet"

Aren't we all mate, aren't we all.

Psychic time

Many questions, but the first one is when did 1pm – 4pm become evening?

Exciting new blog

I mean my blog is an anagram so it only took him 17 years to catch up. aaiiintt.xyz

The opposite of clarity

The first sentence is always the most important sentence. This is a good example of why. You have absolutely no idea who it is or what they do.

I'm still none the wiser. 

The state of things

This shop could be closed for building work.

Or it could be open and trading round the clock. Might be a pop up shop for a limited drop. Might be a Christo.

Anyway.

A royally good list

Every London building the Queen opened.

Pub quizzes and technology evolution

Occasionally I'm forced to go to a pub quiz.

I've noticed how they've adapted to the rise of the smartphone and people googling the answers. In the early days of the Pub Quiz Technology Wars they used to ask you to turn your phone off. That worked as well as it always does. So instead they designed new questions that couldn't be googled. Or, at least, couldn't be googled quickly.

'Who was the second man on the moon?' is easy to google. A question where they play the instrumental of a popular song and ask you to guess exactly what time the singing starts isn't.

Technology makes the incumbent adapt. See Impressionism and photography and countless other examples. Related this from Brian and Kevin's subsequent comment. 

The prompt for the picture above was 'The great pub quiz technology war of the 21st century'. From Dreamstudio via SimonW. Am I a Prompt Designer now?

Good signs

Reminded me of Alex May Hughes, except she's better.

Sunrise

I went up a mountain, very early. It was dark when I set off and remained so until about 10 minutes from my destination. As I got closer I thought there was an unusually high number of cars. Turns out I'd accidentally timed my trip perfectly with sunrise.

I don't think I'd ever seen a full sunrise before. The full from 0-100 sunrise. It was an incredible sight. And full of Instgrammers obvs. 

And I mean Instagrammers, not photographers. The poses, the change of outfits, the camera stands etc. At 6am. Maybe these are my people.

 

Update. It was a bit like this Wish you weren’t here: the photos that show an hour in the life of ‘quiet’ tourist hotspots.