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
Love to see Ed floating serenely over the pack like a cartoon character towards a freshly baked pie.
November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Love to see Ed floating serenely over the pack like a cartoon character towards a freshly baked pie.
Very pleased with this puzzle I've made for our Thanksgiving escape room tomorrow.
Players think getting through the maze is a language puzzle, but it's not - directions are given in a language which is written in the direction being given.
I had one hell of a time finding down-to-up languages!
Players think getting through the maze is a language puzzle, but it's not - directions are given in a language which is written in the direction being given.
I had one hell of a time finding down-to-up languages!
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Very pleased with this puzzle I've made for our Thanksgiving escape room tomorrow.
Players think getting through the maze is a language puzzle, but it's not - directions are given in a language which is written in the direction being given.
I had one hell of a time finding down-to-up languages!
Players think getting through the maze is a language puzzle, but it's not - directions are given in a language which is written in the direction being given.
I had one hell of a time finding down-to-up languages!
Online has murdered and buried the old saw about "if everyone else jumped off a cliff" hasn't it? If everyone else jumped off a cliff, the algorithm would decide it was the done thing and refuse to show you content of anything other than cliff diving.
why have reporters, politicians, influencers, etc. all of a sudden seem to have started holding lapel mics to talk into them? it’s a lapel mic, it’s specifically designed to go on your shirt or lapel, you look ridiculous holding it, stop it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Online has murdered and buried the old saw about "if everyone else jumped off a cliff" hasn't it? If everyone else jumped off a cliff, the algorithm would decide it was the done thing and refuse to show you content of anything other than cliff diving.
Congratulations to Vancouver for being the 8,019th most popular word on Japanese Wikipedia.
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Congratulations to Vancouver for being the 8,019th most popular word on Japanese Wikipedia.
I need the most crabs in a bucket quote you have
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I need the most crabs in a bucket quote you have
Ana's gone back to Vancouver for a couple of days to move out stuff while I clean the house, and while on my own in an empty ski resort I've decided "I'm going to do some writing".
Usually the blood gets off on the second floor!
Usually the blood gets off on the second floor!
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ana's gone back to Vancouver for a couple of days to move out stuff while I clean the house, and while on my own in an empty ski resort I've decided "I'm going to do some writing".
Usually the blood gets off on the second floor!
Usually the blood gets off on the second floor!
Quite an achievement for Epstein to be maybe only the third or fourth worst person Noam has been a big fan of
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Quite an achievement for Epstein to be maybe only the third or fourth worst person Noam has been a big fan of
Later on
On the drive home
Called her mom
From a payphone
Said it was the cops
Your husband's in jail
Walking in a winter wonderland
On the drive home
Called her mom
From a payphone
Said it was the cops
Your husband's in jail
Walking in a winter wonderland
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Later on
On the drive home
Called her mom
From a payphone
Said it was the cops
Your husband's in jail
Walking in a winter wonderland
On the drive home
Called her mom
From a payphone
Said it was the cops
Your husband's in jail
Walking in a winter wonderland
Think a few things are true:
1) Environmentalism often misses the wood getting chopped down while they NIMBY about a single tree.
2) People forget how terrible environmental standards used to be.
3) While better regulation helped, a lot of environmental improvements are down to deindustrialisation.
1) Environmentalism often misses the wood getting chopped down while they NIMBY about a single tree.
2) People forget how terrible environmental standards used to be.
3) While better regulation helped, a lot of environmental improvements are down to deindustrialisation.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Think a few things are true:
1) Environmentalism often misses the wood getting chopped down while they NIMBY about a single tree.
2) People forget how terrible environmental standards used to be.
3) While better regulation helped, a lot of environmental improvements are down to deindustrialisation.
1) Environmentalism often misses the wood getting chopped down while they NIMBY about a single tree.
2) People forget how terrible environmental standards used to be.
3) While better regulation helped, a lot of environmental improvements are down to deindustrialisation.
The Liechtensteiners continue to use their hoarded gold to make false teeth, the Sammmarinese are *googling* electing communists again? The Botswanans are, er,
I hate how every nation is living down to its stereotype because I’m trained to look for complexity in things, yet the USA is run by a caricature of crony capitalism that Soviet propaganda would consider too unsubtle, Russia is run by a Bond villain, the UK is speedrunning Children of Men, etc.
November 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Liechtensteiners continue to use their hoarded gold to make false teeth, the Sammmarinese are *googling* electing communists again? The Botswanans are, er,
If there ever is (let's be real, there probably won't be) a reckoning with the tech industry I do think some kind of consumer standards along these lines would be good. I'd add in replaceable batteries.
I know it's hardly the top priority, but could is there any way we could add "mandatory headphone jack on every smartphone" to the Woke 2 agenda?
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If there ever is (let's be real, there probably won't be) a reckoning with the tech industry I do think some kind of consumer standards along these lines would be good. I'd add in replaceable batteries.
Road trip coming up! Share your recommendations for freezing to death in Canadian winter!
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Road trip coming up! Share your recommendations for freezing to death in Canadian winter!
Been reading about American fascism and now have "German American Bund" going through my head to the tune of Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Been reading about American fascism and now have "German American Bund" going through my head to the tune of Grand Funk Railroad's We're An American Band
I do worry quite often that my instinctive reaction to short-form video being just short of an autoimmune response makes me a worse communications professional. But then I can't shake the feeling I'll go down as one of the prescient ones if I continue to fight it long enough.
Do you know this man? If you scroll TikTok or Reels, the answer is almost certainly "yes".
Rory Sutherland isn't just good at telling stories. The man is a walking, talking clip machine. And he has some lessons for our politicians.
My newsletter, out now.
Rory Sutherland isn't just good at telling stories. The man is a walking, talking clip machine. And he has some lessons for our politicians.
My newsletter, out now.
Everything is a clip show now
Welcome to the era of the viral anecdote
www.linestotake.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I do worry quite often that my instinctive reaction to short-form video being just short of an autoimmune response makes me a worse communications professional. But then I can't shake the feeling I'll go down as one of the prescient ones if I continue to fight it long enough.
I've had a pretty charmed life and never seen anything really awful but I did once see someone get belted in the face (accidentally) by a basketball and it's one of the memories burned into my mind for life. The shock and disorientation more than the lasting harm, which thankfully was pretty minor.
I think a lot of people grossly overestimate their own ability to respond to physical violence, especially when the other individual intends serious physical harm.
I was accosted and beaten as a younger man and I can tell you that by the time I understood what was happening the fight was over.
I was accosted and beaten as a younger man and I can tell you that by the time I understood what was happening the fight was over.
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I've had a pretty charmed life and never seen anything really awful but I did once see someone get belted in the face (accidentally) by a basketball and it's one of the memories burned into my mind for life. The shock and disorientation more than the lasting harm, which thankfully was pretty minor.
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@wazaroff.bsky.social has worked on behalf of people in Vancouver for decades - it's a real privilege to be able to design a brand identity for his campaign for the OneCity Vancouver mayoral nomination! (1/5)
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@wazaroff.bsky.social has worked on behalf of people in Vancouver for decades - it's a real privilege to be able to design a brand identity for his campaign for the OneCity Vancouver mayoral nomination! (1/5)
This was a really cool campaign to help get started! I even managed to make Nationbuilder produce a half-decent website! www.williamforvancouver.ca
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This was a really cool campaign to help get started! I even managed to make Nationbuilder produce a half-decent website! www.williamforvancouver.ca
Keeping a log of "interesting words I have come across" is helpful for vocab building but also makes me look like a maniac
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Keeping a log of "interesting words I have come across" is helpful for vocab building but also makes me look like a maniac
I think "lottery system for creatives that funds a couple of thousand of them a year, recoups a percentage of their sales during that time and thereby occasionally strikes gold with a big hit" is quite a good way to fund the arts. I am less sure it's a sign that UBI is a winner more broadly.
Why Ireland is giving its artists money with no strings attached to create - column by @judewebber.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/15a6...
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I think "lottery system for creatives that funds a couple of thousand of them a year, recoups a percentage of their sales during that time and thereby occasionally strikes gold with a big hit" is quite a good way to fund the arts. I am less sure it's a sign that UBI is a winner more broadly.
Four years and a month ago I moved to Seattle and took a series of photos that made it look like the most moody place on earth.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Four years and a month ago I moved to Seattle and took a series of photos that made it look like the most moody place on earth.
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Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Remembering J.G. Ballard, born OTD 1930.
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
I’ve been reading his work for many years & I can readily appreciate why many qualify his writing as ‘timeless’.
And I can think of no better imagery to accompany this post than the equally timeless appeal of David Pelham’s superlative cover art 🙂
Quite funny that the Japanese word for "photosynthesis" is a homophone for "high school student".
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Quite funny that the Japanese word for "photosynthesis" is a homophone for "high school student".
I'm back below 230 lbs for the first time since I moved to North America! Turns out living on a ski resort with nowhere to buy snacks or alcohol is quite good for your waistline.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I'm back below 230 lbs for the first time since I moved to North America! Turns out living on a ski resort with nowhere to buy snacks or alcohol is quite good for your waistline.
Post I cannot make without feeling like an enormous snob, but: Facebook Marketplace is an eye opener about standards of literacy isn't it. And I don't mean people need to send me a poem to buy my bike, but they should at least read the listing before asking for details I clearly set out there.
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Post I cannot make without feeling like an enormous snob, but: Facebook Marketplace is an eye opener about standards of literacy isn't it. And I don't mean people need to send me a poem to buy my bike, but they should at least read the listing before asking for details I clearly set out there.