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Lex Lofthouse
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✨ senior designer at Nzime
🗣 design & tech speaker
🐍 comic sans evangelist
😈 veteran pokémon tcg collector

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A bunch of wonderful folk and I did a Doctor Who themed pub quiz last night and WON 🏆

There was a whole round on music/themes which we aced. Finally my Murray Gold knowledge was useful!
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Aw man
4 panel meme. "What if you" - man points "Wanted to pursue your artistic potential" - sun shines through the clouds "But capitalism said" - man points "You have to pay for being alive before seeking personal fulfillment" - mans eyes closed in regretful acceptance.
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The left one is from the year I spoke... and it got broken in our house move 😭
My ffconf 2022 mug sat on a pink wood coaster on a pastel colour desk, my laptop can be seen in the background, and pink keyboard off to the side.
October 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Guess who actually remembered to bring stickers with her?

I will have some of these at @webdevconf.com tomorrow 🥰
A holographic sticker in the Comic Sans font that reads "Comic Fans".
October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Like LOOK at it.
Old Debenhams store in Bristol, which has been rebranded as a skate park, cafe and bar called Shredenhams. The outer signage has the word 'Shred' in bright pink rad lettering blasted over the old Debenhams sign.
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Birthday 🎉
Pokemon card of birthday Pikachu, but in Italian because the English version is too bloody expensive.
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Best use of Comic Sans of the weeeeeek.
A pint of beer sat on an outdoor table. You can see a kayak and buoyancy aid behind. The beer glass has the words "Ay up mi duck" printed on it in the font Comic Sans.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Well it's been quite the week, speaking at my first conference outside of the UK – @ndcconferences.com Developers Festival in Copenhagen 🎉

Speaking about design at a developer based conference is always a pleasure of mine, and I'm glad that conferences like this are open to it.
Me on stage at NDC Conference Copenhagen My speaker badge from NDC Conference Copenhagen Me taking a selfie outside Mikkeller Baghaven in Copenhagen Me taking a selfie at the entrance of NDC Conference Copenhagen
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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This card shop in Copenhagen was my happy place. I went 3 times 😍
Cabinet full of vintage pokemon cards
September 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Oh yay Frankenstein is on Spotify audiobooks

Oh... oh no nevermind.
Spotify page for the audiobook of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The introduction reads 'Narrated by David Dobrik'
September 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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This might be why American Idiot on Spotify has 4 'double' tracks where they all have smooth transitions
Tracklisting of Green Day's American Idiot on Spotify listing 4 tracks made up of 2 songs in each: Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy Give Me Novacaine / She's a Rebel Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb
August 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Actually really nice to see the ticket prices displayed BEFORE queuing up for tickets! I'm very surprised here.

I still hate Ticketmaster.
Screenshot of a queueing page on Ticketmaster for tickets to President. The message below the queue time reads "Tickets have been priced in advance by the tour and are £22.00 (including fees) with a per order handling fee of £1.50. Please note that this does not include VIP package prices, and tickets are subject to availability."
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Also obligatory meme
Meme format from Community. Top panel with lady saying "I can excuse cheating but I draw the line at liking coldplay". Bottom panel is a lady saying "you can excuse cheating?"
July 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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She is, of course, the blueprint.
A black cat, Mavis, lazing on a bed on a sunny day
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Last day of printmaking today.

I've officially just turned into a black cat artist now.
A lino print of a black cat chilling in the sunshine with a pint. It's wearing sunglasses. A linoprint of a chubby little black cat with a quietly curious face.
June 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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A lovely session tonight with the @batchbunch.dev crew!

I had some great feedback on a brand, website and packaging design I'm working on. It was great hearing about other folks' more crafty projects too 😄

Plus... cupcakes!
Two cupcakes with the Batch Bunch logo printed on top
June 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Ah, I see this was maybe a phased approach. Airbnb seem to have introduced some new shit...
Airbnb's top navigation, showing links to browse 'Homes', 'Experiences' and 'Services'. Each item is accompanied by a realistic 3D icon and a speech bubble that says 'New'. A new evolution of visual style for Airbnb, who previously had embraced a flat UI style. Skeumorphism is back baby?
May 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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More lino print fun!
Lino print of a black cat in a curled position with sparkles around it. Printed black on white paper. Lino print of "Comic fans" set in comic sans. Printed black on pink paper.
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Name your favourite PlayStation one game
The PlayStation game cover of Abe's oddysee.
May 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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A paddle to the pub in 3 parts
A first person view of me in my kayak on the canal Me and my partner Jeff having a pint at the pub. It's delightfully sunny. Me taking a selfie with a proper life size red dalek in the pub. The photo may not do justice to the size of it.
May 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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💋 I did it
A lino block with "comic fans" carved into it, semi complete.
May 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I got to tell everybody how great Jeff is today. Nah just kidding, but he is the best ❤️

I spoke about accessibility and why it's so important at @notts.techfa.st as part of The Nottingham Tech for Good festival.

Slides here if anybody wants :)
www.figma.com/deck/30hMTpB...
Lex delivering a talk. The slide says 'This is Jeff' with a big picture of him on screen.
May 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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I'm doing some evening classes in Lino Printing at the moment and I'm kinda obsessed with this one I did last night.

Moving digital into lino was fun, cutting it was challenging, and the final print is cool. However I didn't ink it enough, it'll get a reprint next week.
A lino block with a design cut into it if three mouse cursors in a trail A print of the previous lino cutting on pink paper. The print is lightly inked and could be clearer. It's sat in a drying rack.
May 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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I got a lot of respect for dafont.com for never switching up in over two decades.
A screenshot of the dafont.com homepage. It looks almost the same as it did 25 years ago.
May 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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While browsing Airbnb, I was kinda surprised at this neumorphic dial that appears as if out of nowhere when opting for a month range.

An odd, but quite fun thing to see in this product that has such a flat, minimalist approach everywhere else.
On the airbnb website, when selecting a check-in range of months, it displays a very neumorphic dial, where it looks set into the background, with a glowing red active area.
May 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM