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Unusual jewellery from Artigiano Design

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on May 30, 2017March 11, 2022

I really like these unusual rings from Artigiano Design on Etsy.  You could give one…

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Design fails number eleventy two

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 19, 2016March 11, 2022
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Design Fails

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 18, 2015March 11, 2022

As regular readers know I love font fails, design fails, and bad product placement. Here…

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How layout and design was done in journalism when I trained

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 20, 2015March 11, 2022

I even have my Rapidograph .13mm pen, which is now well over 30 years old.…

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Candy Lamps by Tao Design

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on April 29, 2015March 11, 2022

These cost about £4 each and are brilliant ways to brighten up a room if…

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Badly designed logos part 2

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 28, 2014March 11, 2022

My regular readers will know I love badly named products and misworded signs. One of…

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Wonder what the designer of the bridge thinks?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 10, 2014March 11, 2022
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More badly designed packaging

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on December 15, 2013March 11, 2022

I have written about badly designed packaging before, but this one is getting its own…

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Badly designed containers and packaging

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on November 11, 2013March 11, 2022

I have written before about wrap rage and poorly named products. Today I shall rant about badly designed containers…

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Badly Designed ‘Functional’ Products

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on July 1, 2013March 11, 2022

I use the hell out of my things – clothes have to be effortless, handbags…

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