www.clichespotting.com

For anyone suffering with student-show-fatigue (every year the same-old same-old, re-hashed and disassembled) a handy new iphone app might help you channel your frustration. The brain-child of Pascal Raabe and Barnaby Norwood, Cliché Spotting is a free application allows you to select which college show you are attending and then scroll though their pre-determined selection of ‘art school clichés’, ticking off the applicable as you go. Categories range from the technical (such as hand-rendered) to issues around presentation (mini business cards and bull-dog clips anyone?) Results are then submitted to the site that collates the clichés and presents a top ten on your phone: at the time of writing this I’m particularly on- (or off-) trend with this Helvetica typeface… Definitely worth a look if you’re happy – as I am – to take your degree shows with a pinch of salt.