Cuckoo ale all round! – Pook Cuckoos. Weird aren’t they? If you hear one pour yourself a beer. I’ve been coding our new shop while playing with RISO inks and Aled has nearly finished …

Cuckoos. Weird aren't they? If you hear one pour yourself a beer. I've been coding our new shop while playing with RISO inks and Aled has nearly finished our first font.

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This week I’ve been avoiding Americans in Italy (hard), while Aled’s been avoiding his children at home (impossible). Here’s another dose of design-adjacent links and thoughts for your weary souls including Paula Sher, The Stone Tape, Design Reviewed book and rats.

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Pomp, Hey and Circumstance – Pook This week we’ve been scuttling around in Glyphs 3 making fonts, wondering how we are going to deal with kids off for Easter, and oggling at a new grim folk …

Hiya, us again. In this week's newsletter we try out Glyphs from @glyphsapp.com, ogle a beautiful grimoire, gravid with grim folk art from @gravegoodspub.bsky.social, while trying to work out what the fuck we're going to do with the kids for the next two weeks.

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Just perfect.

UNDERGROWTH - A Ratcatcher “oh how the tables have turned…”

Catastrophisation – Pook The Shire has gone full on Spring Mode as has our site. We’ve been beavering away. We have a new iPad which is as disappointing as Google’s new AI design …

The Shire has gone full on Spring Mode just like our website.

We've been beavering away on an app design project. We have a new iPad which is as disappointing as Google's new AI design tool Stitch. At least there are now Tintin LEGO minifigs in the world.

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Never say ideating again – Pook Sweet 16. Although it’s not sweet, it’s full of bees. Who should be sweet but are in fact very bitter. About this government. Also Indie Foundries, Future …

Sweet 16. Although it's not sweet, it's full of bees. Who should be sweet but are in fact very bitter. About this government.

Also Indie foundries*, future maps and a Dig Dug clone by yours truly.

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Also, if you get the origin of the nut joke then you are old. You're welcome.

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Not getting better together – Pook After a week of Figma and Google Docs we are ready for the weekend. This week’s 15th newsletter brings you another stupid idea from an “architect” …

After a week of Figma and Google Docs we are ready for the weekend. This week's 15th newsletter brings you another stupid Groundnut Scheme idea from an "architect" who should know better, a dotty duo from Quebec and some brilliant TV to distract you from the world.

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Unplug the scumbilicus – Pook This week we’ve started work on a font. We squint through our fingers at a new anti-everything movement from Scott Galloway and try to destroy the universe as an …

Hello fellow bipeds. This week we've started work on a font. We squint through our fingers at a new anti-everything movement from @profgalloway.com and try to destroy the universe as an evil egg.

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I believe in you and your PowerPoints – Pook In this week’s newsletter we peek at an interesting camera, start and finish a video game in a week, being listening to a list of 1000 albums and admire the …

In this week's newsletter (#13 🪓🔪) we peek at an interesting camera called Muybridge (see what they did there), start and finish the latest excellent @inkle.co game TR-49 in a week, being listening to a list of 1000 albums as well as admire the wobbly wigs and sets in Stranger Things. Phew!

Two Working LEGO Printing Presses | LEGO® Ideas The development of mechanical printing changed how ideas move through the world. Once text and images could be printed rather than copied by hand, knowledge was…

Vote for this Lego Idea RIGHT NOW! (Via Pressing Matters) by @legoprintpress (Instagram).

Yes, they work!

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Beer, spaghetti and Olivetti – Pook With our faces to the walls time* over, we return to the newsletter that always promises, yet succeeds, to deliver so little. A project finishes as a new one hoves …

A return of the newsletter that always promises, yet succeeds, to deliver so little. We blab on about ourselves (obvs), Saint Mars of the Desert brewery, an Olivetti book you can buy from @presentcorrect.bsky.social, and spaghetti-obsessives, The Wave Pictures.

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While discussing our studio playlist plan for 2026, we were delighted to discover @1001albumsgen.bsky.social which has saved us hours of deliberation. Fresh album suggestions served every day. Now to listen to them all before we die.

Now playing Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 🦇

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My humans have been busy working on new branding and website for UK financial wizards Elucid Partners.

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Stupid is as stupid told me to – pook.design Newsletter # 11. In which we rail against stupid leaders, gulp at the price of memory and Gallic shrug at the end of the world.

On time for once, here is newsletter # 11 , in which we rail against stupid leaders, gulp at the price of memory and Gallic shrug at the end of the world. Happy weekend everyone!

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(*ASS - patent pending.)

Pook design studio – pook.design Pook is a tiny, yet mighty, creative studio dedicated to helping your business thrive through clever & effective design.

Our website is now in Winter mode.

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Molly Wopper – pook.design In newsletter #10 it’s National Illustration Day don’t you know. We give a shout out to Piccalilli’s deal on training courses and we finally get to …

Greetings Seedlings of Eve – Newsletter #10 to ossify your tentacles. National Illustration day scribbled past (via @tormalore on IG), @piccalil.li offers its excellent design courses for a bargain & we finally play Arcs from
@leder.games (until the kittens attack)

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Hieronymous Tosh – pook.design It’s newsletter #9 and while we’ve been tapping away on our keyboards coding stuff, we have been laughing at AI generated Christmas banners with monstrous …

Here's newsletter #9 and while we’ve been tapping away on our keyboards coding stuff, we have been laughing at AI generated Christmas banners, getting killed by naked scarecrows (thanks @seanrleahy.bsky.social ) and listening to The Stone Roses (first album only).

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Beautiful 🦉☕

Easy peasy – pook.design In newsletter #8 we continue to group and ungroup things in Figma, while waiting for the AI bubble to erupt like a pustulent buboe. Also Aliens, cats and new shiny …

Afternoon fellow Elves and Goblins. In The Wood Pile's newsletter #8 we continue to group and ungroup things in Figma, while waiting for the AI bubble to burst like a pustulent buboe.

Also Aliens, cats and new shiny things from Steam.

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Spinning flaps – pook.design Newsletter #7 is finally here to tickle your curious toes. Half of us have been sunning themselves while the other is elbows deep in After Effects.

Hello! I missed telling you about Friday’s newsletter. JE has been reading books in Kefalonia while AL stayed at home making a load of micro animations for a client project. Also stuff about Affinity, expensive flaps and Turnstile.

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It wasn’t me 😙

Purchased a copy of General Witchfinders to see if any of the family are mentioned. Also purchased @wyrdscience.bsky.social latest issues.

It’s good to see some old chums having a good time!

Powerful Metal Leaders – pook.design It’s newsletter #6. We have started building a project management system called Oric while watching uncanny videos of robots cleaning houses that don’t need cleaning …

Afternoon Humans. We’re not going away are we? This week we’ve been planning a project management system, working on a client website and looking at weird robot films. What have you been up to?

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Escape the Dark Task List – pook.design Dropbox. More like Plopbox. Also: Project management on a shoestring, Escape the Dark Castle redux, and there’s a Steam sale on so we’ve been furkling down …

We present to you a newsletter to which nobody subscribes. Good ‘ere innit?

This week: Projects, Escape the Dark Castle V2 from @themeborne, a steam sale bargain and some other trifles.

Say hello and follow along using your favourite echo chamber ber ber ber ber ber…

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