Robin Wilde
@robinwilde.me
InDesign in the streets, Photoshop in the sheets. Creative Director at @wildebeest.design
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Robin Wilde
@robinwilde.me
· Apr 10
Robin Wilde - Freelance Graphic Design in the Pacific Northwest
Freelance graphic designer in Seattle and Vancouver
robinwilde.me
Some news! From July I'll be shifting to full-time freelancing ahead of my return to the UK next year. If you or any friends, colleagues, or nemeses have any need of creative support, including design, writing, and creative project planning, I'd love to have a chat. Portfolio here: robinwilde.me
Arriving back at the hostel to sleep just as the Young People here prepare to go out. Officially Old.
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Arriving back at the hostel to sleep just as the Young People here prepare to go out. Officially Old.
Reposted by Robin Wilde
Osaka playing an absolute blinder with their signage
January 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Osaka playing an absolute blinder with their signage
It's bigger than that Chris, it's large.
January 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
It's bigger than that Chris, it's large.
Before we met for our first date my soon-to-be wife made me do mine and:
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Before we met for our first date my soon-to-be wife made me do mine and:
Reposted by Robin Wilde
We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.
January 16, 2026 at 8:06 AM
We have an ageing population, struggling public services, and climate change. People might want low taxes, no migrants and cheaper energy, but they also don't want to lie in a hospital corridor for hours or have their house flooded. You can win elections with magic thinking but can't govern with it.
Ana's colleague (who is Young) looked at her like she was an alien when she mentioned sealing an envelope by licking it
Is this a new Gen Z thing we have to know about
Is this a new Gen Z thing we have to know about
January 16, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Ana's colleague (who is Young) looked at her like she was an alien when she mentioned sealing an envelope by licking it
Is this a new Gen Z thing we have to know about
Is this a new Gen Z thing we have to know about
As always I am intrigued by this at an operational level.
"Pop down Ryman's and get a frame"
"Pop down Ryman's and get a frame"
It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
January 16, 2026 at 4:00 AM
As always I am intrigued by this at an operational level.
"Pop down Ryman's and get a frame"
"Pop down Ryman's and get a frame"
"Pulling a football away from a federal law enforcement agent while they were already in the act of running up for a kick, so they would potentially fall over, hit their head and die"
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin on "acts of violence" against ICE agents in Minnesota: "Pouring water on the ground so that it would freeze the ground in front of our federal law enforcement vehicles so that they would potentially slide, crash, and potentially kill them"
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
"Pulling a football away from a federal law enforcement agent while they were already in the act of running up for a kick, so they would potentially fall over, hit their head and die"
Trump is a strangely Kaiser Wilhelmish figure in this regard. Doesn't seem to get that the prizes are a bribe, would definitely call himself Dr after receiving an honorary PhD.
January 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Trump is a strangely Kaiser Wilhelmish figure in this regard. Doesn't seem to get that the prizes are a bribe, would definitely call himself Dr after receiving an honorary PhD.
I have to say I resent being in a reggae bar in Kyoto and having to think about the Conservative and Unionist Party.
January 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I have to say I resent being in a reggae bar in Kyoto and having to think about the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Wisdom obtained by experience: learning a language will get you treated as very impressive and special by a lot of bartenders.
January 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Wisdom obtained by experience: learning a language will get you treated as very impressive and special by a lot of bartenders.
I'd like to take part in this bit but honestly I've got fuckin' nothing. I could make some posters advocating voting for my enemies?
What would be the thing YOU revealed about yourself halfway through The Traitors in an attempt to make yourself look cleverer than you are?
I think mine would be, "I've kept this to myself, but I'm actually an author of popular non-fiction. So I know a thing or two about... the truth."
I think mine would be, "I've kept this to myself, but I'm actually an author of popular non-fiction. So I know a thing or two about... the truth."
January 15, 2026 at 10:32 AM
I'd like to take part in this bit but honestly I've got fuckin' nothing. I could make some posters advocating voting for my enemies?
Quite possibly the worst idea Google Maps has ever served me
January 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Quite possibly the worst idea Google Maps has ever served me
Quite a few Sanseito posters up on the walls of Gion, which feels like being a racist in Bicester.
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Quite a few Sanseito posters up on the walls of Gion, which feels like being a racist in Bicester.
Could she give it a couple of weeks, Jesus
January 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Could she give it a couple of weeks, Jesus
Reposted by Robin Wilde
The name “JPEG XL” implies the existence of other next-generation file formats such as:
• Big PDF
• MP3 Pro Max
• SVG Deluxe
• 7Zip 7Furious
• DOCX-treme
• GIF Supreme
• Big PDF
• MP3 Pro Max
• SVG Deluxe
• 7Zip 7Furious
• DOCX-treme
• GIF Supreme
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The name “JPEG XL” implies the existence of other next-generation file formats such as:
• Big PDF
• MP3 Pro Max
• SVG Deluxe
• 7Zip 7Furious
• DOCX-treme
• GIF Supreme
• Big PDF
• MP3 Pro Max
• SVG Deluxe
• 7Zip 7Furious
• DOCX-treme
• GIF Supreme
Reposted by Robin Wilde
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself transformed into an enormous Bug-type.
January 12, 2026 at 4:58 PM
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself transformed into an enormous Bug-type.
Too many people exist in a weird online unreality where nothing important is real and nothing real is important, episode #3846
It speaks to how broken MPs' media diet is that all parties didn't collectively go "pedophilia bad" at the first possible opportunity here
The least surprising poll finding you'll ever see:
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Too many people exist in a weird online unreality where nothing important is real and nothing real is important, episode #3846
I am curious how a 1934 advertising slogan for an American breakfast cereal has wormed its way into British political discourse in 2026. What's the chain of etymology?
Streeting: 'feedback is the breakfast of champions'
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 AM
I am curious how a 1934 advertising slogan for an American breakfast cereal has wormed its way into British political discourse in 2026. What's the chain of etymology?
The answer is probably just "capacity" but it's funny that you have a Shinkansen stop at Ueno immediately before/after Tokyo. Like making all the Formula 1 cars drive carefully over a speed bump before the finish line.
January 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The answer is probably just "capacity" but it's funny that you have a Shinkansen stop at Ueno immediately before/after Tokyo. Like making all the Formula 1 cars drive carefully over a speed bump before the finish line.
Four times on this Shinkansen journey I've got to 80% progressing on uploading two (2) files, only for it to give up and go back to zero. It's nice to know that across many time zones and language barriers, train internet being shit is a global constant.
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Four times on this Shinkansen journey I've got to 80% progressing on uploading two (2) files, only for it to give up and go back to zero. It's nice to know that across many time zones and language barriers, train internet being shit is a global constant.
The temperature inside this apple turnover is 1,000 degrees
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The temperature inside this apple turnover is 1,000 degrees
Ranking those I've played:
1. Fallout: New Vegas
2. Metroid Prime
3. Disco Elysium
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Ocarina of Time
6. Papers, Please
7. Super Mario 64
8. Half Life 2
9. Breath of the Wild
10. Oblivion
11. Dark Souls
12. Final Fantasy VII
13. It Takes Two
14. Final Fantasy X
15. Dishonored
1. Fallout: New Vegas
2. Metroid Prime
3. Disco Elysium
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Ocarina of Time
6. Papers, Please
7. Super Mario 64
8. Half Life 2
9. Breath of the Wild
10. Oblivion
11. Dark Souls
12. Final Fantasy VII
13. It Takes Two
14. Final Fantasy X
15. Dishonored
Of the 31 games that won the 'now' votes, rank as many as you can. That could be just voting for your favourite, or a top 3, or 10, or just go mad and rank all 31.
I will NOT count ties
I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks
If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...
I will NOT count ties
I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks
If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...
January 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Ranking those I've played:
1. Fallout: New Vegas
2. Metroid Prime
3. Disco Elysium
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Ocarina of Time
6. Papers, Please
7. Super Mario 64
8. Half Life 2
9. Breath of the Wild
10. Oblivion
11. Dark Souls
12. Final Fantasy VII
13. It Takes Two
14. Final Fantasy X
15. Dishonored
1. Fallout: New Vegas
2. Metroid Prime
3. Disco Elysium
4. Resident Evil 4
5. Ocarina of Time
6. Papers, Please
7. Super Mario 64
8. Half Life 2
9. Breath of the Wild
10. Oblivion
11. Dark Souls
12. Final Fantasy VII
13. It Takes Two
14. Final Fantasy X
15. Dishonored