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I designed this poster for a conference all about the logic of Time in language.  It caused quite a fuss when it was issued, because mathematicians are used to seeing conference posters decorated --if at all--with pastel-coloured abstract shapes.

Some people were concerned about a skeleton on a conference poster, worrying that it might frighten off some potential participants.

However, a few months later, I designed another poster which shocked the mathematical community so profoundly that no-one has worried about the skeleton series ever since...