Category Archives: design

Map of Birmingham— Inebriance Survey

7 January 2011 – 8:07 pm

Map of Birmingham: Inebriance Survey 2011 PDF Now that is what I call a map. Every pub in Birmingham as available from the Open Street Map XAPI (on 6/1/11), for use as a navigational aid. Plotted as a mapless map with Maperitive, and text tided up in Illustrator, no data was added or removed (except […]

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in art, birminghamuk, geekery, my projects | Tagged , , , | Comments (5)

Cat-eat crunch two – bargain edition

9 March 2009 – 11:19 am

So, we’ve established that cats on the packets of cheap brands of cat food don’t look too happy. But can we prove the correlation by delving deaper into the bowels of cheapness. To that end I took a trip to a store that prides itself on nothing more that its low price — B&M Bargains. […]

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in cute, found stuff | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Friends and sweary flash

20 February 2009 – 9:29 am

Almost ten years ago, I was working at friends of ED — a web design book firm. The imprint is still going, but is owned by an American publisher rather than two brothers who set up shop in Acock’s Green. For a couple of years it rode the “creative” wave of flash design, which in […]

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in birminghamuk, geekery | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ctrl, Alt, Del Tea Set

13 October 2008 – 3:54 pm

swissmiss: Alt, Ctrl, Del Tea Set

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in do want, geekery | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Is your toilet breeding Communists?

6 October 2008 – 2:28 pm

Neatorama » Blog Archive » Cold War Ads

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in misc | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Slow, birds crossing

28 September 2008 – 6:26 am

A former artist-in-residence with the St. Paul Public Works department, sculptor Steven Woodward came up with the idea of using art signs to slow down drivers. wcco.com – St. Paul’s Traffic Art Signs

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in art | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

toaster ‘prints’ on bread

14 September 2008 – 3:01 pm

Electrolux Design Lab08 Scan toaster Originally uploaded by electrolux_social Only a concept at this stage, but what a concept!

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in do want | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

bubble wrap calendar

12 August 2008 – 6:08 pm

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! Very therapeutic — Bubble Calendar, a poster-sized calendar with a bubble to pop every day. via

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in cute, do want | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Wibbly Wobbly Jelly on a Plate

30 July 2008 – 2:46 pm

Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch! JELLO TIME .COM – by Rafaël Rozendaal

By Jon Bounds | Also posted in cute | Tagged , , | Comments (0)