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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Eagle-eyed Aussie points out the tiny error on a sign passed by thousands of commuters every day at Sydney's Central Station - so can you spot it?
A sharp-eyed commuter has spotted a small but surprising detail at one of Australia's busiest train stations, something most people would easily miss. Central Station in Sydney, which is visited by over 250,000 commuters every day, is a major hub for trains, the Metro, and Light Rail services. Among the familiar sights is the iconic 'Central' signage seen across multiple platforms, but there's more to it than meets the eye. An eagle-eyed Aussie shared a photo of one of the 'Central' signs and questioned why the 'C' was in a different font to the rest of the letters. The C is also noticeably smaller, appearing to be done in a lower case style, compared to the other letters in the word central. The smaller 'C' can be found between platforms 20 and 21 at Central Station, where both platforms serve the City Circle line. The photo sparked a flurry of reactions online, with other Aussies admitting they had noticed the detail before and found it deeply irritating. 'This has driven me mental for so many years! It's been like this for so long,' one frustrated Sydneysider commented on the Reddit thread. 'This is frustrating to become aware of,' another wrote. 'I noticed this a few years ago. It upsets me to no end,' a third said. Others found the situation funny, making fun of the typographic mishap. 'Because they obviously pressed Shift while Caps Lock was on!!' one joked. 'Yep, unfortunately now we all C it,' another said. 'The usual C is late for his shift because of train delays. This is the apprentice c standing in. Just doing the best he can,' a fourth added. Other commenters added that the sign may be that way intentionally, similar to the slanted 0 on the front of Number 10 Downing Street, the London residence of the British Prime Minister. According to the BBC, the '0' in the number 10 is deliberately tilted, a subtle nod to the original sign, where the zero was poorly fixed and sat at an angle. Central Station opened in 1906 and was previously built on the site of the Devonshire Street Cemetery.
Fast Company
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fast Company
‘The point is to get disoriented, not oriented': David Reinfurt on why it's time to rethink how we teach design
Designer, editor, and educator David Reinfurt's 2019 book, A *New* Program for Graphic Design (Inventory Press) was a surprise success, selling out its initial print run in three weeks. It's now in its third edition with translations in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. The book was described as a 'do-it-yourself textbook,' but a traditional design textbook it was not. Across its three chapters—Typography, Gestalt, and Interface—Reinfurt draws on designers, printers, artists, and publishers to show that graphic design is not a narrow area of study but rather a broad way of looking at how we understand the world. The creation of the book, too, was as unusual as its contents. The three chapters were based on three courses Reinfurt had been teaching at Princeton University. To produce the book, Reinfurt presented all his lectures from all three courses to an audience at Inventory Press's studio in Los Angeles. Transcripts were produced from the three days that were then edited to form the book, making for a casual, dialogue-driven text that is at once personal, meandering, and expansive. Now, Reinfurt and Inventory Press are releasing a follow-up book, A *Co-* Program for Graphic Design, that is based on three of Reinfurt's new courses: Circulation, Multiplicity, and Research. Reinfurt taught these courses over Zoom, during the pandemic, and much like the first book, used the recordings from those sessions as the structure for the new book. Because of the limitations and opportunities of teaching over Zoom, A *Co-* Program introduces a series of new voices, guest lectures from each course, which further expand our understanding of what graphic design can be.
