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Gerard Cleal

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Working in brand & lifestyle. I play with crayons.

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Video: New York Fashion Week in 60 Seconds Our chief fashion critic, Vanessa Friedman, reflects on New York Fashion Week.

New York Fashion Week in 60 Seconds www.nytimes.com/video/style/...

21.02.2026 10:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"
"Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)" YouTube video by Marsh Family

Damn.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRHx...

29.01.2026 09:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Why the Biggest Design Trend of 2026 is Human Imperfection Master Human Imperfection, the top design trend of 2026. Learn why raw, authentic flaws are your most critical skill in the age of AI.

🫳🏻🎀

weandthecolor.com/why-the-bigg...

29.12.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That last line.

18.12.2025 08:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Flaming Lips - A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So) [Official Music Video]
The Flaming Lips - A Change at Christmas (Say It Isn't So) [Official Music Video] YouTube video by flaminglips

Oh, if I could stop time It would be a frozen moment just around Christmas
When all of mankind reveals its truest potential
And there is sympathy for the suffering
Yes, there is sympathy for those who are suffering.

youtube.com/watch?v=38qT...

14.12.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With you there. I’d sooner use Papyrus. Ok, maybe not. Gotham, anyone?

10.12.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Confessions of the influenced Behind every influencer is an army of the people mired in debt and mass-produced clutter.

β€œIt is a key part of a certain idealized life of leisure, affluence, beauty, and, importantly, virality. There is often matcha involved.”

- of course.

www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

09.12.2025 10:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Can We Stop Our Digital Selves From Becoming Who We Are? Pay attention to how you pay attention.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

β€œWhen our attention is held for hours each day by black-box algorithms that feed us not what we want so much as what we find it hard to look away from, we are being, in a sense, deformed,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.

08.12.2025 08:50 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
The King of Color | Official Trailer
The King of Color | Official Trailer YouTube video by Picturehouse

youtube.com/watch?v=TvHL...

05.12.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Discover Finnish Design Shop's new modernist art-inspired collection It was influenced by Helene Schjerfbeck, a pioneer of Nordic modernism

www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...

05.12.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Respect.
β€˜Hell yeah’ is so much more interesting than, β€˜can you make it a pony?’

04.12.2025 13:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is creativity really dead? I'm not sure D&AD's campaign is as useful as it thinks

TL;DR
β€œShut up & make”

- Nils Leonard D&AD

www.creativebloq.com/professional...

30.11.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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this guy made his son a tiny version of Engineered Garments's FA pants 😭

IG twhattcomethru

30.11.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 5168 πŸ” 371 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 31
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Helsinki aims to establish an urban national park The city wants to preserve its sprawling Central Park as a unified green space.

The city wants to preserve its sprawling Central Park as a unified green space.

28.11.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time for Austria’s Krampus Parades πŸ–€

23.11.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 11

Definitely the fishing boats. Oh, and maybe check the sofas.

21.11.2025 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it just me, or is this font suddenly everywhere? Sans Serif is so last year.

A clean design language with a humanist twist minus the gold card.

www.creativebloq.com/design/fonts...

19.11.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Studio Edwards creates "mobile architecture" for retail spaces Melbourne-based Studio Edwards has collaborated with local fashion brand LOWF to create Shift Space – a relocatable modular retail system.

www.dezeen.com/2025/11/17/s...

18.11.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Future is Now: Alfonso CuarΓ³n’s β€˜Children of Men’ Paints a Bleak Picture of a World Devoid of Humanity β€’ Cinephilia & Beyond Cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki. Production stills by Jaap Buitendijk Β© Universal Pictures By Koraljka Suton Almost two decades ago, director Alfonso CuarΓ³n’s fourth feature, the 2001 sexual road co...

β€œThen we are missing one of the biggest, probably something more powerful than narrative to humans, that is, symbols. The reading of symbols.”

- Alfonso CuarΓ³n

cinephiliabeyond.org/children-of-...

17.11.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.

The work of a tiny design co-op called Forge and specifically its designer, Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia.

TL;DR ~
Main typeface: Boheld by Grabtail
Script: Coffee Service Regular by Sideshow
Sans: Union Gothic

www.curbed.com/article/zohr...

09.11.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3, 4 & 1

07.11.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.

By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.

26.10.2025 22:45 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16
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Foster + Partners completes New York supertall skyscraper for JPMorganChase: www.dezeen.com/2025/10/21/270-park-avenue-foster-new-york-supertall-skyscraper/

26.10.2025 14:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls

A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

18.10.2025 02:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm obsessed with Back Market's powerful iPhone ads 'Let's end fast tech' campaign is a hit.

Ingenious. Ok, maybe not the right description.

β€˜Back Market launched its own spin on the 'Shot on' concept, highlighting not only the relatively incremental improvements to smartphone cameras over the years, but the damage to the planet too.’

www.creativebloq.com/design/print...

12.10.2025 12:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜I don’t like the premise of your question.’

Well, I don’t like the premise of your administration.

05.10.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Next Big Thing in Pop Culture: Public Bathrooms

The Next Big Thing in Pop Culture: Public Bathrooms www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/t...

26.09.2025 08:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really need to find myself a β€˜handmaids tale’ emoji.

18.09.2025 07:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, essentially Yelp but with πŸ”₯ emojis

17.09.2025 04:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this.

14.09.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0