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Drains and Manholes (Part 3)

Pattern that looks like GS or SG (Glynwed UK - Dreadnought).

Under, over, under over. Woven fabric?

(Dudley & Dowell Ltd - Cradley Heath Staffs).

Whoops - a portrait one. Indexes or indices

(Wood & Stannard - Makers - Burnham Bucks).

Slightly chopped off. More weaving?

Positive area of negative text (CATV).

Tightly packed squares (Savage - Nuneaton).

Tyre wear? GSGS.

 Pam again. Chevron rings with a bit of white paint highlighting the negative pattern (Pam - Inter-Ax).

Manhole. Pothole. Face?

Football Pitch at the Rec

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Straight line.

Untidy corner.

Drains and Manholes (Part 2)

Diamonds (Water - EW Talbot & Co).

Squares (Water).

This one is blue. (Water [!] Stop tap).

 Fire Hydrant? (FH).

(Fire Hydrant).

St Andrews Close

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Coffee & Tea

I saw this sign whilst I was out. This is an attempt to express my thoughts about it visually.

Drains and Manholes (Part 1)

 Diamond lattice border (Elkington - Patent).

 Two-way chevron columns (Pam - Ductile - Rapide 40 Slideout).

Squares (Wrekin).

 Wide-spaced diamonds.

Linework (Clarksteel).

Narrow-spaced diamonds.

I don't often look at the floor whilst walking, but having a very little dog, makes you notice lots of things. Pieces of conscious design work can be found all around us. These manhole covers are so ubiquitous that they are almost invisible; unnoticeable. They are completely functional, yet decorative; reminding us that they are the result of design. Is this the desperate cry of a manhole cover designer?

NB This post could also have been titled: An exercise in taking photos of the ground without getting your shoes in; or: How not to look like a normal person.

Walking Home: Exclamation Marks

Double exclamation.

Help Prevent a Tragedy in Comic Sans. | Third exclamation.