Sophie Adams-Foster

Four geometric trains and carriages made out of colourful circles and squares

abstract linear patterns, repeating motifs of circles, squares and diamonds

abstract linear patterns, in varying colours, made of diamond, triangle, oval and circular shaped labels

A cute illustration of various birds in different poses all circling a birdhous. Made from circular, square, triangular and teardrop shaped gummed labels.

From 1978, 'Bunte Welt' is an East German book of perforated gummed shapes & a series of illustrative designs that can be made from them - if you wish.
We've scanned it here: www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/b...

A blog of microchips boiled in acid. zeptobars.com

You’re welcome.

The Future Favors the Curious » Mike Industries If you’re a designer in the market for a job right now, you probably feel behind the AI wave already, and you’re wondering if the skills you’ve honed in your career are even useful anymore. One of the...

Wrote a little piece about how AI is changing the job market for designers. Something similar happened in 1995, and there is a clear way through it if you stay curious. mikeindustries.com/blog/archive...

Four themes keep surfacing:

💥 Value: cultural, financial, market
💥 Power: who holds it, wants it & why
💥 Data: quality vs quantity
💥 Hype: inevitable future vs noise

AI’s moving fast, but the physical world isn’t. Design, manufacturing, regulation, craft … changing in subtle, significant ways.

In the style of a modern infographic, loosely inspired by Bauhaus design and paint swatches you would find in your local DIY Store, this ‘poster’ is a first attempt at beginning to map out areas of conversation. Some overlap, some sit next to each other. They are loosely arranged by size and colour. Broadly the themes are Raw Materials, Manufacture, Product design, Education, Government, Society & Culture.

Time to starting to sharing my research!

March was full on! I spoke to folks across the UK, Finland, Sweden, Germany, NL & the US about how AI is reshaping the design + manufacturing of physical products (and the systems around them).

Written content’s coming, visuals will lead the way 💪

Present & Correct Office sundries for the modern workspace. New & vintage stationery available online & from our London store.

May I point you in the direction of Present & Correct: www.presentandcorrect.com (also here @presentcorrect.bsky.social )

✨ Absolute dreamscape ✨

SharpMinds Coaching | Mentoring Women in Design & Engineering SharpMinds provides transformational coaching services and practical solutions, to allow women in design and engineering to succeed in their careers.

Super smart, very experienced and a really lovely person too 🙂

Tracy Sharp …
Www.sharpminds.coach

Five things privacy experts know about AI - Ted is writing things … and that AI salespeople don't want you to know!

This is an excellent primer on some of the privacy dangers posed by large scale AI, from a cybersecurity perspective. Written in clear language, it's the most accessible rundown I've seen yet on these topics!

desfontain.es/blog/privacy...

Photograph from inside The Natural History Museum London - the entrance hall. Large ornate carved stonework with huge skylights flood the crowded space below.

Here’s a picture from The Natural History Museum #London that I took in the Summer.

I was there to look at some rocks.

*No, not a cat picture.

A history of dead technology is written into the emoji:
📼videotape
💽optical discs
💾floppy discs
📹camcorders
📟pocket pagers
☎️analog phones
📇Rolodexes
🧮abaci
📽film projectors
🎞film (except auteurs)
📠fax machines
🪤(has anyone EVER used this emoji?)

for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌