Accidents will happen, that's what they say isn't it? Well speaking with my designer hat on, I'm pretty glad that they do!

So often I've been toiling on a project, making a tweak here and a slight adjustment there, trying to make the change that takes what you're working on from the being 'okay, but not great' to the 'yes, spot on' point.

Sometimes, not always, as if by some kind of divine intervention chance offers a little helping hand! Whether it's an accidental 'apple, v' that plonks an object somewhere you would never have thought to plonk it. Or maybe a chance crop that hacks off far more of the image than you'd have thought was a good idea...

Yes, I'm talking about design accidents. They're a designers friend, some kind of fairy godmother that should be fully embraced whenever they deem it time to make an appearance.

You can't take full credit, because it wasn't strictly your idea, or an idea at all, but by jove it looks good so you're just going to roll with it.

So that's how the image above came about. It was a design accident. I can't really remember how it happened, but I always thought it looked kind of cool and thought that it'd be a good way to illustrate my point.