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I am a Glasgow-based pixelpusher with a passion for design. This site collects all miscellaneous thoughts on design, life and the rest.

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Sabuhi Mir

19.11.06 • Portfolio

Sabuhi Mir's website: an interview page with coloured tabs for biography and photos on a dark purple background.

Sabuhi Mir is a journalist who has written for organs as diverse as the Financial Times and Amelia's magazine. She required a simple site that would help sell her work to potential clients.

Dress Down Friday

18.11.06 • work, psychology, clothes

A man in a bowler hat and glasses behind a red no-entry sign.

Yesterday, despite all my scruples, I took part in a charity 'Dress Down Friday' at work. I had thought about following the advice of Guy Browning (no.12) to dress up, not down, but feared the social consequences of isolating myself from my colleagues at this early stage. One fellow jeans and T-shirt wearer didn't understand