In its nearly 140-year run, Paris’ Le Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord has had a long and tempestuous history, counting 15 artistic directors in its first decade alone, one of whom notoriously absconded with the contents of the theatre safe after a failed production. After director Peter Brook helped the theatre finally find its feet in the 70s, it’s been smoother sailing and French studio Violaine et Jérémy was recently tasked with designing a bright new identity to accompany this season’s colour-themed programme. The identity sees fonts Nord and Sud – which have a thoroughly old Paris feel – sit against abstract splashes of ink and bleeding watercolour, subtly paying homage to the city’s reputation for first-class painting.
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Remember PlayStation’s WipEout? You can now race round the tracks in browser
Dominic Szablewski is the kind of technological wizard who has a level of understanding so sublime that I imagine he might be able control the universe from his computer one day. He’s a digital designer who builds games – really, really cool games – and through means unknown to me, he has succeeded in porting levels from cult PlayStation racing game WipEout, which was first released in 1995, into a browser-compatible format.
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