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Popup Fiasco is Ian Haigh’s personal blog, for all things I find interesting but not too geeky (see how I switched from third to first person there?). This blog is tall and skinny. Like me.
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Category Archives: personal
D&AD Nominations Announced
Chris Doyle’s personal guidelines get nominated for a D&AD pencil.
Continue readingHappy Holi!
The Big Picture is hosting a bunch of terrific photos of Holi, an Indian festival involving a lot of coloured powder, enthusiastically and liberally rubbed into everyone’s face. And I do mean rubbed. Into everyone’s face. We were there a … Continue reading
Back Online …
… after ten days in my home country, New Zealand. Two weddings and many kilometres spent hurtling around the North Island. Managed to sustain a massive gash in the rear bumper of the rental car from backing out and not … Continue reading
The Bit That Broke Off
… and now for something I’ve made. It’s a viral piece to promote Kea, an organisation helping to put expat Kiwis in touch with one another. The copy was written by Scott Lawrie from XXVI. The Bit That Broke Off. See … Continue reading
Chris Doyle Guidelines Redux
The Christopher Doyle Identity Guidelines juggernaut shows no sign of losing momentum — this time in the form of an article in Creative Review. Well, fancy that! (See previous article here.)
Split
It’s come time to acknowledge my split personality. Popup Fiasco will be where I post non-computer related articles, links, and flotsam, whereas ianhaigh.com will be for personal detritus related to the world of bits and bytes.
The Coveted AGDA Spoon
On the weekend, Australia’s pre-eminent designers descended en masse upon Adelaide for some heavy imbibing and back slapping. It was the AGDA (Australian Graphic Drinking Association or something) Awards, which apparently takes place biennially. Which apparently means “every two years”. … Continue reading
Christopher Doyle™
My esteemed colleague Chris Doyle has taken his personal brand to the next level. He designed the Christopher Doyle™ Identity Guidelines 2008 (and requisitioned me to take the photographs), with examples of colour palette, clear space, incorrect use, horizontal and … Continue reading