Thee Almighty & Insane Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1970s & 1980s is a wonderful journey into the dark realm of 70s & 80s Chicago gang vernacular. Mostly these were created on DIY machines in print shops, and hand amended or even fully hand…
A Box of Ideas by Stephen Emmerson from Timglaset books 2022, is a wonderful poetic object. It's a simple black box containing ~99 cards (haven't counted them) + a tile and credits. Each card has an idea for 'a book of poems ...'. There are…
As you probably already know, I really like cards and card systems. The game Cards Against Humanity is a brilliant example of an open card system and I've posted before about one of the additional sets. The other thing that they are famous (infamous?) for,…
Mostly I keep this blog personal work free. However recently I put together a pack of strategy cards on working with analytics and data for my day job at Qlik. It was a fairly rapid project, 6 weeks from concept to delivery. It's been a…
Got a pack of the Oblique Strategies cards by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. I've known about them for a while but was reminded of them recently after seeing a pic of David Bowie's very well used deck. I was so happy to discover you…
I've always been a big Marshall McLuhan fan. As a young graphic design student the books created in collaboration with Quentin Fiore changed my outlook on what a 'serious book' could look like. They helped me understand that the designer is never neutral or passive…
Just received my Design Cards Against Humanity expansion pack (and some others). A wonderful example how truly filthy mouthed designers can be.
This is a few years old now (published in 2009), but they are still a great tool to stimulate strategic and global thinking. The cards are nicely designed as they manage to contain both a bite sized idea and pack in a reasonable piece of…
Graphic design in the service of opposition, protest or giving a voice to those that don't have one has always been an interest of mine. I've got tonnes of stuff from politically charged individuals who use their talents to disrupt, upset and challenge the status…