charlie francis
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The Tower
The Tower represents a radical change, a pivot. Your vision hasn’t matched reality. Change is a normal part of life, and it’s time to deal with the negative effects of old decisions. But change can sometimes create fear, because we must abandon old truths. Your idea, what thought you knew about your target market, customer, or…
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The Hierophant
To see the Hierophant in a reading is to embrace the conventional. A desire to actually follow a well established process . It also suggests that you want to stay within the boundaries of what could be considered an orthodox approach. You will be adapting to certain beliefs and systems which are already put in…
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The Life and Opinions of John Baldessari, artist
John Baldessari and Laurence Sterne. There is an edition of ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemen’, written by Lawrence Sterne, printed by Arion Press with 39 photo-collage illustrations by John Baldessari in his own unique style. Discovered by coincidence after reading Baldessari’s obituary. I have always liked the coloured circles on his photo-collages.…
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Incognito self portraits
I have alway tried not to have my photo on the internet, and so have over the years experimented with various styles of illustration for my ‘profile’ image which is often required when you register to a site. It is also fun to do.
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Nasa logo redux
If the famous NASA ‘worm’ logo was ever to be brought back, maybe it could be revived in the form on this space shuttle concept, the Polymorph space shuttle design by Luigi Colani.
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Researching research at CNN
Researching all the research at CCN, I found as CNN audience was so big the quantitive data lent itself more towards the mega and macro end of the research spectrum. At the other end of the scale all the testing of products CNN generated a lot of micro and nano data and insights.
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CNN triple A design system
Creating a triple A design system CNN had embarked on a harmonisation project, one aspect of which will be to create a cohesive design system. CNN is a complex network of departments and siloed teams and they have an ever increasing number of layers that must work together to create a consistent experience. As part…
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a fleeting rather joyous moment – Hockney
Who has an an orange football in their bath room? David Hockney.
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CNN Accessibility for everyone
A very big audience CNN has a giant audience, and 10 to 20 percent of those users could need help accessing CNN’s digital content. CNN currently claim, a global audience of 170 million unique multi-platform visitors for August 2019. The United States census bureau reports that about 56.7 million people, 19 percent of the population…
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Curly cadmium planter
Experimenting with decorative wall planters I made one covered in twisted curly clay tendrils. The curls are glazed with warm cadmium yellows, oranges and reds. Its planted with the snake plant, or mother-in-laws tongue, Sansevieria trifasciata. Made it to go outside my youngest daughter’s room.
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