‘What went right this week: the good news that matters.’

“ #Biodiversity was brought into focus, #Helsinki went a year without a road death, and investment in #Renewables surged, plus more good news.”

https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-35-of-2025/

An artefact from the 1984 'Think British' campaign mentioned in the episode.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267302790194

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491176/?ref_=sr_t_177

Forty Minutes: 1984 Voices in a City.

“[A] Comparison between life in #Orwell 's novel and the reality of life in #1984.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwNWUNykqAs

“The UK has lost a quarter of its clubs and late night venues since 2020.”

https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/coming-like-a-ghost-town-the-uk-has-lost-a-quarter-of-its-clubs-and-late-night-venues-since-2020

Dhruv Bhutani on how ‘Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment’.

“… we are left with the remains of a dream unfulfilled and electronics that respond to the whims, fancies, and ever-changing business decisions of corporations …”

https://www.androidpolice.com/smart-devices-poor-investment/

Festival of Commoning

“A celebration of people acting together to build #Commons of all kinds.”

📆 12th-13th September 2025
📍 Stroud, Gloucestershire

🎟️ https://festival-of-commoning.org/

^ via @acuity.design

‘Ways of Seeing … examines how we view #Art.’

“Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely pictoral …”

https://www.ways-of-seeing.com/

‘The Sound of Software.’

Some useful insights on approaches to sound design in software development.

https://notbor.ing/words/the-sound-of-software

‘The 📈 Size of Adobe Reader Installers Through The Years.’

https://sigwait.org/~alex/blog/2025/08/25/zw6z4E.html

https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/80225/doves-roman

https://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/

https://kottke.org/24/05/the-lost-typeface-recovered-from-the-thames-river

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/05/doves-type/

A round up of interesting posts and resources relating to the ‘Doves Type’, the lost #Typeface recovered from the River #Thames. 🧵 ⤵

‘Most toothpaste tubes are #Recyclable. So why is nobody #Recycling them?’

https://www.fastcompany.com/91388975/most-toothpaste-tubes-are-recyclable-so-why-is-nobody-recycling-them

#Packaging
#Sustainability

“ #TheBeatles heritage industry is gearing up once more with the announcement … that the whole #Anthology series of compilations, plus the #Documentary and book are to be reissued, repackaged and revamped this autumn.”

https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/recording/beatles-anthology-compilations-documentary-and-book-all-restored-revamped-repackaged-and-reissued-this-autumn

‘New platform selling off-the-shelf designs hopes to fix “broken” #Branding industry.’

https://www.designweek.co.uk/new-platform-selling-off-the-shelf-designs-hopes-to-fix-broken-branding-industry/

“America by Design,” a national initiative to improve experiences for Americans, starting [with] the design of sites where people interface with their #Government … This effort will be facilitated by a new National Design Studio and by a new Chief Design Officer [Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia].

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/08/improving-our-nation-through-better-design/

‘How To Build Confidence In Your #UX Work.’

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/03/how-to-build-confidence-in-your-ux-work/