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This week our intrepid heroes talk about getting paid.

The chaps talk about The Guardian’s experimental design layouts, Erik Spiekermann’s print shop, British Steel logo redux, a grundie exhibition at the V&A and the new, very silly, Kindle.

They chat about the recent 2000AD documentary on Channel 4, and remember how much they used to love the Galaxy’s greatest comic.

They then eat pies. Such is their commitment to pie reviewing that they do this in the morning like proper weirdos.

Rob visited Ham House this week, and made friends with a parakeet.

Design News:

“This is not bad luck: it’s astonishingly bad design reinforced by complete carelessness.” The Guardian’s visual storytelling for the Panama Papers More here Amazon’s new Kindle is - pricey! “I will solve your problems and you will pay me” A Two Pipe Problem British Steel might be back, and so could its classic logo What’s this? Anthony Burrill This exhibition looks pants Learning at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Our main discussion this week - getting paid!

Inspired by a discussion Rob had on Twitter with Martin Parris and Stuart Weston, we chat about the difficulties (sometimes) in getting paid as a designer. Freeagent accounting and invoicing software for freelancers Milton Glaser - Ten Things I Have Learned Docracy - free contracts Stuff and Nonsense from Andy Clarke This is Fairy Gold, boy Patrick Leigh Fermor

TV Event of the Week:

Jon and I both watched 2000AD Future Shock, and we loved it. You can get it here, and go here for more from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic Pat Mills blogs about the film

Website of the Week:

Rob discovered Paperholm, a miniature paper crafted wonderland

Pie Review:

Jon devours a Pieminster Moo Craft Ale and Steak pie, he enjoys it so much he scores it an 8 out of 10.

In the latest episode of the podcast we talk about what we’ve been up to, this week’s design news, printing off all of wikipedia, binary middens, books, and of course pies. Always pies.

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We talk about the brouhaha around a couple of recent rebrands. We sad face Facebook’s new response icons.

We chat about our book of the month, The City and the City by China Mieville. Rob navigates the conversation around why he didn’t do a drawing for the show, while Jon says the words “erm” and “brouhaha” an alarming number of times. Pies are then eaten and judged as they should be.

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