SECURING SECURITY
‘It’s a fitting congruity that the simplest way to gauge Facebook’s current woes comes via that other unchallenged behemoth of the internet, Google. Type “How do I…” into the search engine and one of...
View ArticleDESIGN EDUCATION – HOW RADICAL IS RADICAL? (Design Week, 1 July 2010)
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View ArticleMOTORWAY SIGNS (‘I Heart Design’, 2011)
There’s an oft-quoted motorway sign which, when heading out of London on the M1, simply points to ‘The North’. The experience on the road – where a sign can suddenly embody the enigma of travel – is...
View ArticleTURNING TEACHING INSIDE OUT: PEDAGOGY AND DESIGN (’10 years of Industrial...
A few years ago whilst sitting in an auditorium at the Israeli Design Centre in Holon, we were shocked to hear a designer during his presentation make the comment that his gun designs ‘saved lives’. In...
View ArticleTHE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (Elephant #8, 2011)
Like your first French kiss, the frisson of the visual image strikes when you are a teenager. Posters of Surrealist art decorate teenage bedroom walls alongside (depending on your gender/generation),...
View ArticleWHY WRITE ABOUT DESIGN? (Progetto Grafico 21, 2012)
Design is embedded in a social landscape of shifting relationships between people, media, technology and contexts. It’s the speed and perpetual nature of change that is radically transforming...
View ArticleREADING & WRITING IN FEEDBACK CULTURE (Interview with Limited Language on...
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View ArticleThe Paperless Stack
When explaining her vision for the new Library of Birmingham, Library lead architect Francine Houben said, “We don’t know what the future of the library will be so we have designed space for change, to...
View ArticleEye Review: With a Gun
Walk into Kemistry’s OSPAAAL exhibition in Shoreditch and you might be hit by the Cuban posters’ familiarity – there’s a sense of déjà vu, writes Colin Davies. Read the review here
View ArticleEye Review: Caught snapping
An exhibition of photographs by Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs and David Lynch provides some fresh insights into their work When you tire of the detritus of uncensored commodity that is London’s...
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