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COVID-19 visual explainer, made early in the pandemic - March 2020

Up your nose: Visual communication and COVID-19

Posted on July 13, 2020June 14, 2021 by David

A design colleague working with kids in mandatory quarantine asked for suggestions as to ways to gamify the process of giving children coronavirus nasal swab tests, preferably using paper (as it’s disposable). This was my first thought. COVID-19 swabs for kids: an interaction from David Blumenstein on Vimeo. If you’d like to use it with…

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COVID-19 visual explainer, March 26 2020

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by David

I created this to help explain the COVID-19 disease in my local area (Melbourne, Aus). It’s adapted from government health info (Department of Health, 16 Mar 2020). If you think it would help you, you’re welcome to use it; download A4, poster and socmed versions here. Medical knowledge and government policy on this disease changes…

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Designers make excuses for why their work failed, while, under the surface of the water, an iceberg read "We Got Told To Fuck Right Off"

Are you “design”?

Posted on February 12, 2020June 14, 2021 by David

How would you do useful design if you thought you were being seen as the “class antagonist” of the people you’re designing for?

That’s a question that comes up for me when I discuss design with normal people (to whom, it’s worth remembering, HCD and service design mean absolutely nothing).

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Scientology's PAC Base, Fountain Ave, Los Angeles

“Control equals income”: Scientology’s Los Angeles

Posted on January 11, 2020September 30, 2021 by David

I wrote (and drew) a piece for The Guardian about the Church of Scientology, and specifically its Ideal Orgs — over time, they’ve been replacing their standard “org” buildings with larger, fancier ones. I talked to Scientology critic Jeffrey Augustine about why this is happening, and explored why Los Angeles has been so important to…

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I attempt to steal Jon Kudelka's novelty cheque

Stanleys 2019: the Australian Cartoonists Association conference

Posted on December 9, 2019June 14, 2021 by David

The ACA’s annual conference/awards night (“The Stanleys”) happened over the weekend. This year I’m the ACA’s deputy president, so I was heavily involved in putting the conference part together. I’m really happy with how it all went. In a political/business environment where the arts is ignored, downgraded and generally considered to be not worth working…

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Cover of What We Tell Them: A Storybook By Mr. Tony Abbott

What We Tell Them launch

Posted on September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 by David

Had a launch for my new book, What We Tell Them, at Readings Carlton this past week! What We Tell Them: A Storybook By Mr. Tony Abbott illuminates the words and actions of Australia’s most accidental PM and some of his lovable pals! It isn’t really a children’s book, unless you like your children sad….

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David Blumenstein

I’m a service designer, cartoonist and co-founder of Squishface Studio. I’ve done comics for The Guardian, Crikey and Australian MAD. Currently also deputy president of the Australian Cartoonists Association.

I usually write about things that shit me off, from bad bosses (The Bret Braddock Adventures) to pick-up artists (#takedown) to white supremacist trolls (The Internet’s Most Trolled Cartoonist) to predatory cults (Why Los Angeles is Scientology’s perfect city) and nasty tech bros (Octane Render: Cartoonists talk about A.I. art).

I’m working on graphic novels called Sciensatics (about cultists) and Free Money, Please (about wealth and passive income).

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I regularly collaborate with my wife, Sarah Howell.

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