Andrew Backhouse

Affinity reveals how it’s able to go 100% free with "no catch" "How is that even possible?"

I have jumped on Affinity's bandwagon. happy to have cancelled my Adobe Cloud subscription and become "one of them" - you can read a bit about how Affinity are 100% free here; https://backhouse.link/ujh

What is content design? | Backhouse.studio | North Yorkshire "What is content design?" is a blog post on Backhouse.studio's website - a freelance content designer.

And, one more time for the people at the back - https://backhouse.studio/what-is-content-design/

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Top 8 skills every content designer needs | Backhouse.studio Discover the top eight skills every content designer needs to create clear, accessible and user-focused content that helps people get things done.

The top 8 skills every content designer should have; https://backhouse.link/3yw

The “£532,000” dot job: Why small design changes cost big Why did a tiny logo change cost GOV.UK so much?

Why do small design jobs cost big? I found this article about the Government's rebrand; https://backhouse.link/32y - you may find it interesting.

Shall we all move to Ireland? Their plan to support artists sounds incredible Ireland is giving €325 a week to artists. Honestly!

Ireland showing how to help creatives help society; https://www.creativebloq.com/art/shall-we-all-move-to-ireland-their-plan-to-support-artists-sounds-incredible

Chunking: When to simplify information | Andrew Backhouse My blog covers Chunking: when to simplify, and when to let information breathe with clear, practical web design advice from Harrogate.

I wrote a blog post about Chunking content so that you can implement some pointers; https://backhouse.link/o7s

Bluesky Reaches 40M Users — So Should Your Brand Be on It? Bluesky has a growing community of dedicated, knowledgeable users.

Bluesky reaches 40M users - still way behind The Other Place, but we are getting there… https://backhouse.link/p3q

Search With Your Imagination | Semantic.art Explore and discover artworks from words, ideas, emotions, poetry, images, and more.

I found an art search engine that uses modern language models to help users find existing works of art rather than generate images. https://www.semantic.art/ It is really rather quite good.

Top 10 Most Daring Concepts That Will Reshape How We Live: Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - Yanko Design Design concepts live in that fascinating space between "what if" and "why not," where the constraints of manufacturing budgets and market research haven't yet trimmed away the boldest ideas. While finished products get the spotlight and the sales figures, concepts represent design thinking at its most uninhibited, tackling problems we didn't even know we had

This will reshape how we live; Red Dot Design Concept 2025 Winners - https://backhouse.link/2ic

Created Equal

Created Equal, 1984
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🌟 Introducing our New Chat Messaging Service!🌟

We’re excited to announce our brand-new chat messaging service, making it easier than ever for you to communicate with your favourite presenters! 🗣️✨

Happy birthday!

Simon's radio show never ceases to delight. We are lucky to have it broadcast on our community radio station and you can listen to it in the link below.

Love this!

Experimental Radio Show: "Orbiting a Different Star #045" Orbiting a Different Star #045 is an experimental Music radio show broadcast on Harrogate Community Radio. Playing the best of the avant garde.

My radio show was broadcast last night, past your bed time. But, you can catch up with it at backhouse.wtf/orbiting-a-d...

w/ A Certain Ratio, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Hawksmoor, Laurie Spiegel, Hieroglyphic Being, 400 Lonely Things, and more.

For fans of experimental music.

Margaret Calvert: Designing the roads we travel Margaret Calvert: Designing the roads we travel - A blog post about Margaret Calvert. I am Andrew Backhouse and I am a designer in Harrogate.

I blogged about the person behind the uniform-design of the UK's road-signage and, also, the designer of this watch. Know her name; it's Margaret Calvert.

andrewbackhouse.design/blog/inspira...

Orbiting A Different Star Is An Experimental Radio Show Orbiting a Different Star is an experimental music radio show broadcast on Harrogate Community Radio by self-confessed radio geek Andrew Backhouse.

If you are a fan of experimental and Free music, you may like my radio show, Orbiting a Different Star - the latest episode is here: harrogatecommunityradio.online/shows/orbiti...

w/ Jo David Meyer Lynse, Joseph Young, Gabriel Paiuk, Pietro Zollo, Pucemoment, Ida Dueland, David Wallraf + more!

M1 Take a trip down memory lane with the eye-catching M1 watch. Created in collaboration with British design icon Margaret Calvert, M1 is a playful twist on the serious business of road safety and signag...

I have been looking at watches, again - one of my vices. Mrs Backhouse has given a firm 'No' to the idea. But this is what I would certainly have bought - mrjoneswatches.com/products/m1

Toot Toooot! Thought Bubble Festival will take place from 10-16 November 2025 across Leeds and the whole of Yorkshire!

Our HUGE Comic Convention will be on 15 & 16 November 2025 at Harrogate Convention Centre!

Comic Convention tickets are on sale right now: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

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This seems sick; www.stackmagazines.com/

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

Last night, I dreamt I was wearing Crocs. Even in the dream, I felt terrible about it, but they were unbelievably comfortable. It was like eating an entire lasagne—so satisfying yet so wrong.

I’m now in a bit of a dilemma. Do I get a pair of Crocs?

Live, laugh, love.

tattoo design writing saying survive, chuckle, show affection.

Survive, Chuckle, Show Affection.

#Motivation

Experimental Radio Show: "Orbiting a Different Star #043" Orbiting a Different Star #043 is an experimental Music radio show broadcast on Harrogate Community Radio. Playing the best of the avant garde.

The spoken links on backhouse.wtf/orbiting-a-d... are sub-standard but I stand by the music.

My experimental music radio show.

w/ Ilia Belorukov & Lauri Hyvärinen, Saba Alizadeh, Forward! For Noise, 400 Lonely Things, Dromedaries x Alexoteric, General Magic, Lawrence English, Mark E. Smith + more.

I have been enjoying putting together a digital scrapbook for work. It is something to draw on and I am very happy with how is is coming on. It is currently hosted on Tumblr - drewadesigner.tumblr.com - what do you make to it?

... and, that is exactly what I hoped for. I have heard the term "NeoBrutalist" banded around, when the school is used in contemporary web design. But, I am unsure if this has anything to do with Nybrutalism and, as I say in the blog post, I am far from calling myself an expert - I'm just a fan...

Intercertitude, by Forward! For Noise 6 track album

I’m excited to share that my new album, Intercertitude, is now available. It’s a complex drone album created entirely with analogue equipment. You can find it on my Bandcamp page, where it’s available on a name-your-price basis.

Thanks for listening.

andrewbackhouse.bandcamp.com/album/interc...