From The Den
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• Gavin Strange
Oh hai there! Happy Friday to you all, hope you're good. Aardman work is keeping me busy as always but I'm very excited to say that I've got a bunch of silly things keeping me very entertained in my own time! Jumping around with
New weekly round-up blog is live on me site! Grab a cuppa and have a read: https://blog.jam-factory.com/weekly-roundup-015/
Going to be talking about curiosity and it's role in design later today at evolvedrupal.com - made a few adjustments since @beyondtellerrand.com and excited to see how folks react https://www.evolvedrupal.com
I'm really getting excited on the idea of making a hardback art book to celebrate 25 years of making work under the name of Jamfactory. Crowdfunding is currently feeling like the best route for me, as I can combine my love of projects with 'extra' bits like badges, stickers, prints and more!
Working on a few rough ideas for the redesign of my personal site (– this time for real! 😂) and I think I might be up to something here … 🤔🎛️
I have no idea how to make such knobs accessible, though … 🤔 Maybe range sliders as fallbacks under the hood?
Also, just look at those numerals by @koeberlin 😍
What I’d give to be in Josh Johnson’s head rn 😁🍿
Alright, so … #CSS!
Catching up on @TetraLogical blog posts, and this addition to the Foundations series: Keyboard accessibility:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2025/05/09/foundations-keyboard-accessibility/
SIDE PROJECT ALERT! A lil' cheeky teaser for a super fun passion project I'm cooking up with my friend and master of the methodical, Jack Hayward... more soon!
If you’re posting all of the life lessons from your best-selling book using AI-generated illustrations and images, I can’t help but think you might have written huge parts of that book with AI as well… 🤔
It makes me really happy to see that already more than 1.5k people watched my talk from last month’s @btconf on YouTube! 🥳🙏 I take it as a sign that it was useful to many of you and that real-world, independent conferences are still valuable and relevant – just like the long tail of YouTube when it comes to the visibility and impact of conferences. I’m so glad I can contribute to @marcthiele’s wonderful event and to the community this way! 💚
New side project incoming!! Me and my buddy Jack are combining our skills of design + fabrication + love of buttons… stay tuned for more!!
“Legitimate interests is now our legal basis for using your information to improve Meta Products.”
Alright, Zuck. 😂
Here’s what's included:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?section_id=18.4-LegitimateInterestsWeRely
… e.g. your content (including audio), messages, metadata, location, device characteristics and device software, apps, “what you're doing on your device, such as whether our app is in the foreground”, identifiers that tell your device apart from other users’, device signals, information about the network that you connect your device to, including your IP address, and, of course, “information from cookies and similar technologies” – and so much more.
Sounds totally legitimate to me. 😂
Yes, yes, yes, yes, @jasonsantamaria! 👏
“For now, I’m planning on continuing to roll up my sleeves. I want to make things because I’m human and alive. I want to go on journeys and grow. I’m not always looking for an easy path, I want the friction. Because if I give up the journey, what am I really making? What do I actually learn?”
https://typo.social/@jasonsantamaria/114619767646232888
Martina Flor’s Open Studio
• Martina Flor
🎙️ Episode 191 – 3 Things I’d Do Differently If I Started My Career Today
In this episode of Open Studio, I (Martina Flor) look back on over a decade as a lettering artist and creative business owner to share the three key things I would do differently if I had to start my career all over again.
Whether you're just getting started or looking to grow your creative practice, these lessons will help you avoid common mistakes and build a more sustainable, joyful, and profitable path.
✨ In this episode, I talk about:
Why I’d build my email list from day one
The power of pitching yourself and doing client outreach consistently
How investing in mentorship and coaching transformed my business
To access the full show notes for this episode, click here: https://martinaflor.com/podcast
Right then! Pretty damn serious about making a hardback art book to celebrate 25 years of ‘being Jamfactory’ in 2026. Doing some research on formats and sizes of some of my favourite design books. One thing I do know is mine will be neon pink + metallic gold! 👍
