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Burglar Alarm Britain
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“Detect Fire and Security”, Bournemouth: sundowner
Posted by on February 13, 2011
“Detect Fire and Security” burglar alarm, Bournemouth • Even the apricot glow of an autumnal seaside sunset can’t rescue this detective-themed alarm from the depths of dullness. I have a very large set of burglar alarms labelled “boring”, and this is firmly in it. Its tedium prompts me to enter lecture mode: note how the rounded neo-humanist font and smooth DTP drop shadow date its design to the late 1990s or beyond, which shows how telling just a few small design details can be. • Spotted: Pier area, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH2, England, 2008 • Politics: In the Conservative constituency of Bournemouth West
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