Rob Whiting 📓
@whitingx.bsky.social
#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ
An interesting looking new 📘 book.
Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).
Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).
August 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
An interesting looking new 📘 book.
Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).
Some great examples of #Architecture in this space. I'm a particular fan of the #SamScorer designed hyperbolic paraboloid roof structure used for Markham Moor petrol station (subsequently a Little Chef, then a Starbucks).
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Pleased to note that there is only one #Nemesis in my life (thank you @2000ad.bsky.social).
#NemesisTheWarlock
#2000AD
#NemesisTheWarlock
#2000AD
August 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pleased to note that there is only one #Nemesis in my life (thank you @2000ad.bsky.social).
#NemesisTheWarlock
#2000AD
#NemesisTheWarlock
#2000AD
A collection of resources to help quantify and benchmark levels of #DigitalLiteracy. 🧵 👇
August 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A collection of resources to help quantify and benchmark levels of #DigitalLiteracy. 🧵 👇
August 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm doing some work setting up for #RemoteResearch activities and thinking how useful it would be to have a Government approved, secure method to allow participants to test their webcam, microphone, speakers, internet speed and screen sharing permissions prior to joining a remote research session.
August 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I'm doing some work setting up for #RemoteResearch activities and thinking how useful it would be to have a Government approved, secure method to allow participants to test their webcam, microphone, speakers, internet speed and screen sharing permissions prior to joining a remote research session.
3. Realise one of the listed resources is something I created in (but haven't updated since) ~2020. 😄
August 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
3. Realise one of the listed resources is something I created in (but haven't updated since) ~2020. 😄
Are Halland on The #CoreModel - A practical methodology that looks to start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution.
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/core...
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/core...
August 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Are Halland on The #CoreModel - A practical methodology that looks to start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution.
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/core...
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/07/core...
In process of unpicking myself from various digital services/subscriptions, I'm replacing the #SmartSpeaker setup in my office with a pleasantly minimalist stereo which offers;
💿 CD Player (support #PhysicalMedia !).
📻 #InternetRadio connectivity (for #RadioParadise)
🔌 Wired & Wireless expansion.
💿 CD Player (support #PhysicalMedia !).
📻 #InternetRadio connectivity (for #RadioParadise)
🔌 Wired & Wireless expansion.
July 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In process of unpicking myself from various digital services/subscriptions, I'm replacing the #SmartSpeaker setup in my office with a pleasantly minimalist stereo which offers;
💿 CD Player (support #PhysicalMedia !).
📻 #InternetRadio connectivity (for #RadioParadise)
🔌 Wired & Wireless expansion.
💿 CD Player (support #PhysicalMedia !).
📻 #InternetRadio connectivity (for #RadioParadise)
🔌 Wired & Wireless expansion.
Always found #Shorthand interesting.
Ended up going down the rabbit hole of ‘Dutton Speedwords’ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_...) recently after flicking through a book on the subject in our local secondhand bookshop. 🙂
Ended up going down the rabbit hole of ‘Dutton Speedwords’ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_...) recently after flicking through a book on the subject in our local secondhand bookshop. 🙂
July 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Always found #Shorthand interesting.
Ended up going down the rabbit hole of ‘Dutton Speedwords’ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_...) recently after flicking through a book on the subject in our local secondhand bookshop. 🙂
Ended up going down the rabbit hole of ‘Dutton Speedwords’ (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutton_...) recently after flicking through a book on the subject in our local secondhand bookshop. 🙂
Found this dog's owner. 👇
July 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Found this dog's owner. 👇
In the UK, vehicle tax status was indicated by a paper disc, which people could easily see displayed on their vehicle windscreen to know when their tax expired and required renewal.
July 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In the UK, vehicle tax status was indicated by a paper disc, which people could easily see displayed on their vehicle windscreen to know when their tax expired and required renewal.
@diamondgeezer.bsky.social providing a great overview and visualisation of upcoming changes to 📮 #RoyalMail delivery days.
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/07/snai...
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/07/snai...
July 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
@diamondgeezer.bsky.social providing a great overview and visualisation of upcoming changes to 📮 #RoyalMail delivery days.
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/07/snai...
diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2025/07/snai...
Watercolour images showing proposals for #Sheffield city centre development in the 1920s.
Drawn up by Frederick Ernest Pearce Edwards (1863-1945). Sheffield City Architect 1908-26.
Drawn up by Frederick Ernest Pearce Edwards (1863-1945). Sheffield City Architect 1908-26.
July 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Watercolour images showing proposals for #Sheffield city centre development in the 1920s.
Drawn up by Frederick Ernest Pearce Edwards (1863-1945). Sheffield City Architect 1908-26.
Drawn up by Frederick Ernest Pearce Edwards (1863-1945). Sheffield City Architect 1908-26.
Community Printer.
Not as a commercial occupation but instead providing support in creating posters/zines/etc. to support local people and events while looking to move the skills involved (#Letterpress, #Lithography, etc.) off of Heritage Craft red lists (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-o...).
Not as a commercial occupation but instead providing support in creating posters/zines/etc. to support local people and events while looking to move the skills involved (#Letterpress, #Lithography, etc.) off of Heritage Craft red lists (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-o...).
July 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Community Printer.
Not as a commercial occupation but instead providing support in creating posters/zines/etc. to support local people and events while looking to move the skills involved (#Letterpress, #Lithography, etc.) off of Heritage Craft red lists (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-o...).
Not as a commercial occupation but instead providing support in creating posters/zines/etc. to support local people and events while looking to move the skills involved (#Letterpress, #Lithography, etc.) off of Heritage Craft red lists (www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/categories-o...).
A really interesting read, thanks for sharing.
Great to see the mention of the #Commodore #Amiga and its' role in moving digital drawing software forward. I've recently unearthed my copy of 🖌 #DeluxePaint which I'd forgotten was distributed in a #Vinyl record type sleeve/cover. 😄
Great to see the mention of the #Commodore #Amiga and its' role in moving digital drawing software forward. I've recently unearthed my copy of 🖌 #DeluxePaint which I'd forgotten was distributed in a #Vinyl record type sleeve/cover. 😄
July 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A really interesting read, thanks for sharing.
Great to see the mention of the #Commodore #Amiga and its' role in moving digital drawing software forward. I've recently unearthed my copy of 🖌 #DeluxePaint which I'd forgotten was distributed in a #Vinyl record type sleeve/cover. 😄
Great to see the mention of the #Commodore #Amiga and its' role in moving digital drawing software forward. I've recently unearthed my copy of 🖌 #DeluxePaint which I'd forgotten was distributed in a #Vinyl record type sleeve/cover. 😄
iOS app logos for reference:
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
iOS app logos for reference:
Some interesting conversation relating to the #GovUKApp was around the use of branding to promote trust and confidence.
Based on this, surprising there isn't a set structure/template in use for app icons across the currently available apps.
Logotype + Text
Logotype + 👑
Logotype + ❓
Based on this, surprising there isn't a set structure/template in use for app icons across the currently available apps.
Logotype + Text
Logotype + 👑
Logotype + ❓
July 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some interesting conversation relating to the #GovUKApp was around the use of branding to promote trust and confidence.
Based on this, surprising there isn't a set structure/template in use for app icons across the currently available apps.
Logotype + Text
Logotype + 👑
Logotype + ❓
Based on this, surprising there isn't a set structure/template in use for app icons across the currently available apps.
Logotype + Text
Logotype + 👑
Logotype + ❓
The ongoing homogenisation of #Logos and #Brands, the move for everything to become a bland sea on san-serifs, such a disappointing aspect of modern Design.
Not all of #PaulRand 's logos¹ were classics but they were interesting.
¹ www.paulrand.design/work/Logos.h...
Not all of #PaulRand 's logos¹ were classics but they were interesting.
¹ www.paulrand.design/work/Logos.h...
July 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The ongoing homogenisation of #Logos and #Brands, the move for everything to become a bland sea on san-serifs, such a disappointing aspect of modern Design.
Not all of #PaulRand 's logos¹ were classics but they were interesting.
¹ www.paulrand.design/work/Logos.h...
Not all of #PaulRand 's logos¹ were classics but they were interesting.
¹ www.paulrand.design/work/Logos.h...
Looks like it was designed in the background while on a MS Teams call with people yet to update their profile pictures. 🤔
July 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Looks like it was designed in the background while on a MS Teams call with people yet to update their profile pictures. 🤔
Klaas van Leeuwen’s 📗 ‘Letterboek voor den teekenaar en ambachtsman’ (1907).
brill.com/view/journal...
#Typography
#Design
brill.com/view/journal...
#Typography
#Design
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Klaas van Leeuwen’s 📗 ‘Letterboek voor den teekenaar en ambachtsman’ (1907).
brill.com/view/journal...
#Typography
#Design
brill.com/view/journal...
#Typography
#Design
An amazing experience seeing #SteveVai & #JoeSatriani - backed by the #SatchVai band - as they kicked off their European tour in #York this evening.
June 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
An amazing experience seeing #SteveVai & #JoeSatriani - backed by the #SatchVai band - as they kicked off their European tour in #York this evening.
… with a close second being copies of the DVD Game versions of #DragonsLair I, II & III (but sadly no Space Ace). 🤔
As you mention, it used to be an absolute treasure trove of obscure items. 😄
As you mention, it used to be an absolute treasure trove of obscure items. 😄
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
… with a close second being copies of the DVD Game versions of #DragonsLair I, II & III (but sadly no Space Ace). 🤔
As you mention, it used to be an absolute treasure trove of obscure items. 😄
As you mention, it used to be an absolute treasure trove of obscure items. 😄