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This week's podcast focuses on things we make that have no real worth. Many would say that covers this podcast and they're probably right.

We look at recent news items that follow this trend; such as re-edits of 42-year-old children's films, speculative architectural visualisations, and self-digitising notebooks. "Why, why, why, why, why?", asks one of our hosts.

But without making things that seemingly have no worth, would we end up with beauties like x6udpngx?

Links:

• Patagonia’s CEO is donating company’s entire $10M Trump tax cut to fight climate change. — Patagonia, one of the good ones.
• Star Wars SC 38 Reimagined - YouTube — Rob loves this. Jon hates it.
• Miysis Studio envisions Notre-Dame with a rebuilt spire and glass roof — Lovely idea for the reconstruction of the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral.
• Beyond The Wild Rumpus: A Guide To Maurice Sendak Books | Book Riot — We didn't get to this on the show, but here's a great guide to the books of Maurice Sendak.
• Watch By the Wey online - BFI Player — Jon lost himself in vintage films from the BFI.
• Fire in the East (Warrior of Rome, #1) by Harry Sidebottom — Jon's been reading this.
• Passionate Journey - Wikipedia — The lovely Richard Weston sent Jon a copy of this wordless novel.
• Provenance by Ann Leckie — Rob's reading this.
• The Wrong Ways: A—E (Ace Jet 170) — Jon, under his Ellipress umbrella, has been working with Acejet170 (Richard Weston) on some marvellous cartographical prints. Coming soon!
• 'Peanuts in Space' Short Coming to Apple TV App in May - MacRumors — Apple and the illiberal arts.
• Australian $50 note typo: spelling mistake printed 46 million times | Australia news | The Guardian — If you've ever made a print cock-up, take solace from the fact it wasn't to the value of nearly one billion Australian dollars.
• Michael Wolf obituary | Art and design | The Guardian — Michael Wolf, creator of those extraordinary photographs of the high-rises of Hong Kong, has died.
• Moleskine’s new smart notebook vectorizes lines in Adobe Illustrator in real time - The Verge — Jon and Rob both deride Moleskine's latest flirtation with digital illustration.
• Animal Photo Art References Search — Need photo reference of a wolf looking at a very specific angle? This is the site for you. Very clever.
• Harviestoun Brewery - Harviestoun Brewery — Jon enjoyed some Old Engine Oil from the Haviestoun Brewery. And we both enjoyed their website and branding. Good work Primate.
• Primate | Digital Agency Edinburgh — Purveyors of design excellence. See previous link.
• CURIOCITY – London Unfolded — Lovely map-based printed goodness from Curiocity.

This week's podcast focuses on things we make that have no real worth. Many would say that covers this podcast and they're probably right.

We look at recent news items that follow this trend; such as re-edits of 42-year-old children's films, speculative architectural visualisations, and self-digitising notebooks. "Why, why, why, why, why?", asks one of our hosts.

But without making things that seemingly have no worth, would we end up with beauties like x6udpngx?

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Welcome to the first episode in a new series of North V South: the podcast that is, and isn't, about design.

We're talking taking breaks, blue plaques, iMacs, Kellog's, Capcom and Hellboy, among many other bits and bobs of design-related ephemera.

Give us a whirl. You never know, you might like it.

Also, please leave a review for us in iTunes. We'll love you for ever if you do.

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• ColouriseSG — More machine-learning madness. Upload your black and white photos and have them colourised by Skynet.
• Mike Mignola Almost Wishes He Hadn’t Let Comics’ Hellboy Go — Great interview with Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy.
• Dave Rapoza's character illustration — One of the very best character illustrations you'll ever see.
• Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for 'defective' cyber-revamp • The Register — $32million for a website that doesn't work?
• Netflix - Love Death and Robots
• Netflix - Black Summer
• CAPCOM HOME ARCADE — Hit in the face with the (ugly) Joystick
• “Contemporary” redesign for Kellogg’s looks to make brand "recognisable” — Great new branding from Landor for Kellogg's, despite the usual design jargon bullish*t.
• Stop Procrastinating, Boost Productivity & Get Focused on Work - Focusmate® — … we're almost speechless.
• First Blue Plaque for a poster designer — Abram Games, poster artist and designer, gets his due.
• Hoxton Street Monster Supplies — Hoxton Street Monster Supplies is a marvellous fundraising front for the Ministry of Stories. Check out the drop down menu at the top of the page and select a different language.

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In the final episode of season 3, Jon kicks proceedings off with a potentially career-ending rant. The subsequent conversation with Rob takes an unexpected turn courtesy of Jodorowsky's Dune, a Breville Sandwich Maker, wordless novels, giant spiders, martinis and, of course, pies. News is fleeting.

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• Deep Space Fleet II by This Northern Boy – Ellipress — We launched a new print. Have a peek.
• Metabarons Vol 1 — Rob's recent comic reading
• Pandora's Star — Rob's holiday reading list.
• Low - Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini — Rob is currently loving this.
• Amazon.co.uk: Watch The Expanse - Season 3 | Prime Video — Fantastic 'hard' scifi. Originally on Netflix, now over at Amazon.
• Judas Unchained — Rob's holiday reading list.
• Elysium Fire — Rob's holiday reading list.
• Provenance — Rob's holiday reading list.
• Gateway — Rob's holiday reading list.
• The Girl With all the Gifts — Rob's holiday reading list.
• Beastie Boys Book — Jon's loving this.
• Lullaby — Jon describes this book as "a French book about horrible people with a horrible Nanny who kills their (destined to be) horrible children. Horrible book."

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In this week's podcast that's got more Fanny than Craddock, Jon's been playing with his tentacles, while Rob's been gawping at old chaps.

We take a gander at the new ultra-post-rationalised Netflix ident, a risable Walkers crisp packet redesign, a Linea Sketch review, and Phillip Sulke's superb tanker photography.

Something's in the freezer and it might be alive. Don't worry, it's just Rob's pie.

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• #PicturesMeanBusiness | Pictures help sell books, lets give credit to authors AND illustrators, double the love for every book! — Sarah McIntyre bangs the drum for proper credit for illustrators.
• PHILLIP SULKE — The rather wonderful photography of Phillip Sulke. Check out his drone shots of tankers and ocean liners.
• +d Spin | スピン ビックリマーク コマ — Ridiculous but fun desktop toy from Japan! !
• Go Deeper, Not Wider — Let's all have ourselves a depth year.
• Walkers redesigns its crisp packaging to focus on Britishness — Walkers Crisps go for the gammon market.
• Netflix updates its ident — Netflix and post-rationalisation.
• Linea – Drawing tools for your iPad and iPhone — Great looking drawing app for the iPad Pro.
• Astute Graphics Plugin BundleWas $111 Now $19 - Design Cuts — Astute plugins. Illustrator isn't illustrator without them.
• About | Buttondown — Great looking newsletter service. Dare we put our faith in another business service?
• Mansions of Madness Second Edition — Jon's been playing this recently and it's great!

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In the podcast that no one talks about, we talk moles. Not the unpronounceable notebooks. Not the gloopy green stuff you double dip into (don't deny it). That's right, those little spelunking furry dudes.

We also talk Comics / Tabletop Games / Slack Attacks / Elastic Brand Podcast / Dieter Rams / Pies and more…

Links:

• Rams — Gary Hustwit — New documentary from Gary Hustwit, on the legendary product designer Dieter Rams.
• Good design | About Vitsœ | Vitsœ — Dieter Rams' Ten Principles of Good Design.
• Michael Bierut: “Slack knew 95% of people would hate the change” — We weren't that impressed with Slack's redesign, nor were many others.
• Dimensions.Guide | Database of Dimensioned Drawings — Genius.
• Home | Little Heroes Comics — Fantastic charity providing comic making kits for kids in hospital.
• D&AD’s noticeably pencil-free festival identity for 2019 - Creative Review — D&AD festival branding. Nicely done, but why does everything have to be animated these days?
• 3D Printing Records for a Fisher Price Toy Record Player: 4 Steps (with Pictures) — Fantastic idea, provided you have one of the original record players.
• Forgotten Wrecks of the First World War - Interactive Chart — Forgotten wrecks. Time sink.
• World War II Allied Aircraft Crashes — WWII aircraft crash database.