My name is Murray Grigo-McMahon and I have been kicking around in the digital space for a long time. I've started and abandoned several blogs and platforms. Now I'm on SquareSpace, which I'm loving.
This is my personal blog which reflects the things outside of work that interest me, for content related to what I do when leading design teams and creating product experiences - check out my Medium account.
Now over on 🦣 : @Paperposts@zirk.us
for Letterform Archive related posts here: @Lfaimagebot@typo.social
Paperposts are the main theme of this site and the 'missedit' graphic was originally created for a TimeOut Magazine promotional postcard more here http://paperposts.me/posts/designer-humour
All the Paperposts
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May 2021
- May 29, 2021 Wonders from Atelier Éditions May 29, 2021
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October 2020
- Oct 4, 2020 Discovered a new small press: Timglaset Editions Oct 4, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 18, 2020 Some U&lc. Jul 18, 2020
- Jul 11, 2020 The 1957 Penrose Annual - a graphic design time capsule Jul 11, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 21, 2019 The vast A-Z of The Designers Republic Dec 21, 2019
- Dec 1, 2019 Baseline Dec 1, 2019
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August 2019
- Aug 10, 2019 Glorious screen printed goodness from Red Fox Press Aug 10, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 3, 2019 This book certainly makes me happy Feb 3, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 27, 2019 Are we still feeling fine? Jan 27, 2019
- Jan 3, 2019 Something concrete Jan 3, 2019
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December 2018
- Dec 31, 2018 Some unposted gems from 2018 Dec 31, 2018
- Dec 28, 2018 2018's paper additions Dec 28, 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 26, 2018 San Francisco's 1970 Study for Urban Design Aug 26, 2018
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July 2018
- Jul 1, 2018 Damn Everything But the Circus Jul 1, 2018
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March 2018
- Mar 17, 2018 The Glorious Data Visualisations of Kohei Sugiura Mar 17, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 Aaron Marcus and Letraset Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 Celebrating W.A Dwiggins, the first "graphic designer" Feb 25, 2018
- Feb 19, 2018 The Letraset Legacy Feb 19, 2018
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January 2018
- Jan 14, 2018 Cards Against Humanity - xmas 2017 campaign Jan 14, 2018
- Jan 13, 2018 Braun Design Guidelines - “The Realization of a Corporate Concept” Jan 13, 2018
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November 2017
- Nov 26, 2017 Letterform Archive - tables of pure delight Nov 26, 2017
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October 2017
- Oct 9, 2017 Spin - Adventures in Typography Oct 9, 2017
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August 2017
- Aug 13, 2017 The Depero Bolted Book - a facsimile Aug 13, 2017
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March 2017
- Mar 21, 2017 Graphis Diagrams - 1974 data visualisation Mar 21, 2017
- Mar 17, 2017 Rediscovering George Maciunas Mar 17, 2017
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February 2017
- Feb 26, 2017 Inside the design process of the great Lance Wyman Feb 26, 2017
- Feb 1, 2017 Letterform Archive - brand and design guidelines Feb 1, 2017
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January 2017
- Jan 25, 2017 Letterform Archive - an eclectic sample Jan 25, 2017
- Jan 19, 2017 MacGuffin Magazine and The Life of Things Jan 19, 2017
- Jan 18, 2017 Letterform Archive - SF's graphic design treasure trove Jan 18, 2017
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December 2016
- Dec 17, 2016 Seasonal paper art from Diptyque Dec 17, 2016
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November 2016
- Nov 16, 2016 Poster goodness from Dorothy Nov 16, 2016
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October 2016
- Oct 8, 2016 Mondial magazine from Rapha Oct 8, 2016
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September 2016
- Sep 20, 2016 Action Time Vision - was waiting for me Sep 20, 2016
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July 2016
- Jul 9, 2016 Octothorpes, interrobangs and other wonders in Shady Characters Jul 9, 2016
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May 2016
- May 20, 2016 Tiny recipe collections to treasure May 20, 2016
- May 18, 2016 Strategy cards for the day job May 18, 2016
- May 18, 2016 Zembla Magazine issue 1 - words, pictures and graphic design gorgeousness May 18, 2016
- May 12, 2016 Seriously geekish purchase: Reissue of the Nasa Graphic Standards Manual May 12, 2016
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April 2016
- Apr 23, 2016 Vintage I-D Magazines (1981, 1983, 1984, 1985) Apr 23, 2016
- Apr 21, 2016 Prince Alter Ego Comic 1991 Apr 21, 2016
- Apr 2, 2016 Injury to Insult to Injury to insult and beyond Apr 2, 2016
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January 2016
- Jan 31, 2016 Oblique Strategies Jan 31, 2016
- Jan 17, 2016 The wonderfully poetic Science of the Secondary Jan 17, 2016
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December 2015
- Dec 30, 2015 Wild Forever by Gary Taxali Dec 30, 2015
- Dec 28, 2015 Beautiful illustrations by Moonassi for Maison Kitsuné Dec 28, 2015
- Dec 7, 2015 The ever so Fine Art of Abuse - NSFW Dec 7, 2015
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November 2015
- Nov 27, 2015 Beautiful but Beastly Verse Nov 27, 2015
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October 2015
- Oct 19, 2015 Incredible collection of FHK Henrion's work Oct 19, 2015
- Oct 5, 2015 The wonderful illustrations of Ian Phillips Oct 5, 2015
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September 2015
- Sep 5, 2015 Distant Early Warning: A deck of cards from Marshall McLuhan Sep 5, 2015
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August 2015
- Aug 8, 2015 Remembering the Miners' Strike Aug 8, 2015
- Aug 5, 2015 Designers have fabulously foul mouths Aug 5, 2015
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July 2015
- Jul 26, 2015 Gorgeous Fairy Tales from Sybille Schenker Jul 26, 2015
- Jul 17, 2015 Drivers of change from Arup Jul 17, 2015
- Jul 4, 2015 A long time coming: Cartographies of Time Jul 4, 2015
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June 2015
- Jun 23, 2015 Nate Denver's poems and songs Jun 23, 2015
- Jun 16, 2015 Issue 1 of The Office for Creative Research's journal Jun 16, 2015
- Jun 5, 2015 A lovely little book - 101 things... Jun 5, 2015
- Jun 1, 2015 A bumper haul of McSweeneys Jun 1, 2015
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April 2015
- Apr 2, 2015 Lift and Separate - a graphic design journal Apr 2, 2015
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February 2015
- Feb 17, 2015 Emigré the journal issues (33-49 bound) Feb 17, 2015
- Feb 5, 2015 Issue 26 of Emigré magazine Feb 5, 2015
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January 2015
- Jan 30, 2015 Enquire within - a designer's art Jan 30, 2015
- Jan 22, 2015 American Apparel's Legalize LA Jan 22, 2015
- Jan 16, 2015 Dot Dot Dot magazine Jan 16, 2015
- Jan 15, 2015 Semiotext(e) Architecture Jan 15, 2015
- Jan 5, 2015 The first thing I bought from Newspaper Club Jan 5, 2015
- Jan 1, 2015 20 years ago this month - I-D Magazine (issue 136) Jan 1, 2015
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December 2014
- Dec 31, 2014 Lavish production - Amelia's Magazine No.2 (a.w 2004) Dec 31, 2014
- Dec 30, 2014 Tove Jansson's Wonderland Dec 30, 2014
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October 2014
- Oct 31, 2014 One for Halloween - The Dance of Death Oct 31, 2014
- Oct 27, 2014 Lovely set of Ink Blot Animal Postcards Oct 27, 2014
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August 2014
- Aug 16, 2014 James Joyce meets Sylvia Beach Aug 16, 2014
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May 2014
- May 1, 2014 Another great book from Louisiana Museum DK - Arab Contemporary May 1, 2014
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April 2014
- Apr 25, 2014 A Pair of Manuel Limas Apr 25, 2014
- Apr 25, 2014 A Brace of Umberto Ecos Apr 25, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 25, 2013 J Otto Seibold Advent Calendar Dec 25, 2013
- Dec 17, 2013 Jaws X Peanuts mashup Dec 17, 2013
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October 2013
- Oct 6, 2013 Map porn - Scandinavian maps from 1482-1601 Oct 6, 2013
- Oct 6, 2013 Arktis exhibition at Louisiana Art Museum Denmark Oct 6, 2013
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May 2013
- May 14, 2013 More from the '90s self publishing scene May 14, 2013
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March 2013
- Mar 3, 2013 Fantastic poster by Tom J Newell Mar 3, 2013
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January 2013
- Jan 3, 2013 A myriad of gifts hidden between the pages Jan 3, 2013
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April 2012
- Apr 25, 2012 Waste not want not Apr 25, 2012
- Apr 1, 2012 I'm happy judging a book by it's cover Apr 1, 2012
- Apr 1, 2012 Virtual Water Footprint Poster Apr 1, 2012
- Apr 1, 2012 2012 calendar Apr 1, 2012
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March 2012
- Mar 30, 2012 Swedish lighthouse drawings Mar 30, 2012
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September 2011
- Sep 19, 2011 Visualising music - 21 Notations Sep 19, 2011
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June 2011
- Jun 25, 2011 Another beautiful book from the Princeton Architectural Press Jun 25, 2011
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April 2011
- Apr 30, 2011 2D/3D Swedish animal puzzle Apr 30, 2011
- Apr 28, 2011 Tree of Codes - The book that couldn't be made. Apr 28, 2011
- Apr 28, 2011 Lovely book/object from Glen Duncan Apr 28, 2011
- Apr 27, 2011 Underground - "A free broadsheet for London" Apr 27, 2011
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November 2010
- Nov 9, 2010 Mark Pawson's little books Nov 9, 2010
- Nov 8, 2010 Mute - mid 90's art/tech paper Nov 8, 2010
- Nov 7, 2010 Virus fonts by Jonathan Barnbrook Nov 7, 2010
- Nov 7, 2010 Emigre type catalogues and promo bits Nov 7, 2010
- Nov 7, 2010 Studio on fire calendar 2010 Nov 7, 2010
- Nov 5, 2010 Exercices de style Nov 5, 2010
- Nov 4, 2010 Atlas Press Nov 4, 2010
- Nov 3, 2010 Iraq war alternative regime change playing cards Nov 3, 2010
- Nov 3, 2010 The rather wonderful - I seem to be a verb Nov 3, 2010
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October 2010
- Oct 30, 2010 A Dictionary Story by Sam Winston Oct 30, 2010
- Oct 30, 2010 Little Otsu Oct 30, 2010
- Oct 30, 2010 Gary Taxali 300 Oct 30, 2010
- Oct 29, 2010 Source Magazine: Music of the Avant Garde, Pt 2 Oct 29, 2010
- Oct 29, 2010 Source Magazine: Music of the Avant Garde, Part 1 Oct 29, 2010
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September 2010
- Sep 11, 2010 Super kitsch vintage valentine's cards Sep 11, 2010
- Sep 11, 2010 More mail art from the early 90's Sep 11, 2010
- Sep 11, 2010 Items from Cactus Sep 11, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 Early Adbusting Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 Sometimes judges are OK Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 Designer humour Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 It'll never catch on Sep 10, 2010
- Sep 10, 2010 ITV digital promocards Sep 10, 2010
All Musings
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December 2017
- Dec 31, 2017 GenXers are fucked, and we deserve it— a Christmas message Dec 31, 2017
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June 2017
- Jun 10, 2017 There's no better time to eat the rich Jun 10, 2017
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February 2017
- Feb 6, 2017 A 5 point plan - seems legit Feb 6, 2017
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June 2015
- Jun 17, 2015 My Elvis Blackout Jun 17, 2015
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April 2014
- Apr 27, 2014 Chocolate's arms race Apr 27, 2014
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February 2014
- Feb 14, 2014 10 books that have inspired or influenced me Feb 14, 2014
- Feb 13, 2014 Milton Glaser - The Designer's 12 steps to hell Feb 13, 2014
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January 2014
- Jan 25, 2014 Thank you Alex Cox Jan 25, 2014
- Jan 19, 2014 What do 1000 images mean? Jan 19, 2014
- Jan 11, 2014 A growing problem with Pareidolia Jan 11, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 18, 2013 The Ornithology of Managers Dec 18, 2013
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November 2013
- Nov 27, 2013 Here are my 1000 images Nov 27, 2013
- Nov 26, 2013 1000 images Nov 26, 2013
- Nov 20, 2013 Global neighbours Nov 20, 2013
- Nov 4, 2013 Google translate fail Nov 4, 2013
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October 2013
- Oct 10, 2013 The end is nigh - Yahoo and Flickr Oct 10, 2013
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June 2013
- Jun 8, 2013 Someone at Lux magazine needs to do the research Jun 8, 2013
- Jun 7, 2013 Ethnography and big data Jun 7, 2013
- Jun 2, 2013 Why the English (or at least me) can be so annoying Jun 2, 2013
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May 2013
- May 30, 2013 Two animals that Twitter introduced me to today May 30, 2013
- May 27, 2013 commuter news May 27, 2013
- May 14, 2013 A few months on Squarespace May 14, 2013
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April 2013
- Apr 22, 2013 Cut backs hit Swedish regional news Apr 22, 2013
- Apr 1, 2013 Alert! 90's typography coming your way Apr 1, 2013
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March 2013
- Mar 25, 2013 A great litany Mar 25, 2013
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August 2012
- Aug 17, 2012 unfortunately it appears tourists need help using the toilets in Denmark Aug 17, 2012
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June 2012
- Jun 28, 2012 Great business card and stationary 'experience' Jun 28, 2012
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May 2012
- May 4, 2012 I love Google translate but why can't it deal with currency in a sensible way May 4, 2012
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December 2011
- Dec 25, 2011 Instructional Swedish doorway Dec 25, 2011
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November 2011
- Nov 11, 2011 Viewers v likely hood Nov 11, 2011
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October 2011
- Oct 15, 2011 Great toilet wall art Oct 15, 2011
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September 2011
- Sep 19, 2011 Ultra minimal Swedish infographic Sep 19, 2011
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August 2011
- Aug 29, 2011 Pendulum Waves - YouTube Aug 29, 2011
- Aug 7, 2011 Spectacular ad placement error on BBC News Aug 7, 2011
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July 2011
- Jul 20, 2011 Apple Lion - scrolling Jul 20, 2011
- Jul 19, 2011 When UX goes bad - Ford fumbles the UX and user rankings tumble. Jul 19, 2011
- Jul 18, 2011 Nice piece on Frog's blog about the ethics of design Jul 18, 2011
- Jul 10, 2011 my favourite Swedish infographic Jul 10, 2011
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May 2011
- May 29, 2011 Sometimes a good solution is an adapted one May 29, 2011
- May 29, 2011 Correlation does not imply.... May 29, 2011
- May 4, 2011 Simple but effective adaptation May 4, 2011
- May 4, 2011 What were they thinking!!! May 4, 2011
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April 2011
- Apr 30, 2011 Extreme alliteration on R.J. Popular Puzzles from the '50s Apr 30, 2011
- Apr 28, 2011 Modern Toss Royal Wedding Memorabilia Apr 28, 2011