The Disciples Of Design » Words http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk Some thoughts and findings from the Graphic Design staff at UCLAN Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 THIS IS PROOF http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/2010/07/this-is-proof/ http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/2010/07/this-is-proof/#comments Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:43:55 +0000 Jordan Stokes http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/?p=5979 Lovely idea for a proofreader’s website here. Very simple, nicely written and brings a smile to your face.

Thanks to Patrick Lee for this, he also has some really nice work here.

Paul Dalling

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A good bit of copy-writing for the match on sunday, found at Ashbury & Ashbury their inspiration was from The Partners ‘Please God’ poster.

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I guess you all know the amazing photography on The Big Picture. The Big Caption is a blog where Ian Collins takes those photos and adds jokes and statements made with typography to them.

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]]> http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/2010/04/the-special/feed/ 1 GRAMMATICAL ERUPTION http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/2010/04/grammatical-eruption/ http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/2010/04/grammatical-eruption/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 07:03:09 +0000 AndyB http://www.thedisciplesofdesign.co.uk/?p=5266 VOLCANO-WEB

Not since mount Popocatepetl (Mexico) last erupted in 1965 have we had such a pronounced (or unpronounceable) addition to our lexicon.

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Here’s two of the slightly odd supporting ads, the first pokes fun at ginger people….

The second, EMOs…

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As a general rule it would appear that any company that sites or uses the word ‘world’ in its title inevitably has a crap identity.

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