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Adam Buxton's Counting Song beautifully brought to life by Cyriak Harris and Sarah Brown

Date
8 August 2012

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You know that mid Wednesday afternoon slump that’s threatening to get in between you and the weekend? Well here’s something sure to get you safely over – Adam Buxton’s Counting Song, a delightful-cum-dark guide to the perils of numeracy has been released online. Brought to life by illustrator Sarah Brown and director Cyriak Harris, the pair have created the perfect visual accompaniment for Adam’s bonkers, brilliant ditty. Crank it up, and then it’s full sped towards Friday!

An illustration of a blue robot character wearing large, orange hexagonal glasses. They stand in a bright, stylised landscape with green hills, yellow flowers and a smiling sun.
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Adam Buxton/Sarah Brown/Cyriak Harris: Counting Song (still)

A colourful illustration of a train carrying a group of stylised animal characters. A large blue owl wearing a top hat and glasses looms over the train against a bright, sunny backdrop.
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Adam Buxton/Sarah Brown/Cyriak Harris: Counting Song (still)

A 3D render of a blue, rounded character wearing large orange glasses. They stand in front of a colourful pile of numbered blocks.
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Adam Buxton/Sarah Brown/Cyriak Harris: Counting Song (still)

An illustration of a person with orange pigtails, a monkey and a blue character surrounded by a pile of numbered cards. The characters are rendered in a simple, rounded style against a muted grey background.
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Adam Buxton/Sarah Brown/Cyriak Harris: Counting Song (still)

A 3D render of a small, blue character with an angry expression standing on a grey road. To their right is a colourful wall of blocks featuring the numbers “3”, “6” and “2”.
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Adam Buxton/Sarah Brown/Cyriak Harris: Counting Song (still)

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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