The folks at Simpel have certainly come up with something genius in the form of their Simple Switch Watch! Their take on the timeless timepiece perfectly captures and encapsulates the zeitgeist of yesteryear, the ’80s slap bracelet’ and the ‘switch and mix’ watches – two things I cherished greatly as a ratty banged 80s kid. The watch itself emulates the classic slap bracelet that we all have no doubt attempted to emblazon upon our wrists at some point or another. The thing with these watches is that they’re far less likely to end up underneath the sofa bed and be…
Tag: design
Two things that ought to be common
Thanks to a nerdy friend who understands my love of irony and exciting questions exposed me to two pices of punctuation I bet nearly none of you know about. First, the Irony Mark Sadly, The irony mark has never really been used beyond occasional appearances in obscure artistic or literary publications. Read more here Second, and best of all, the Interrobang It is intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers’ jargon as the bang). The typographical character is a superimposition of those…