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Creative Director, Strategist and Writer focusing on new approaches towards design and cities.
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Escort Cards and Old Media: Rethinking Perception and Design in the City
The classic newspaper vending boxes have always played role in the city larger than their designated one. At their peak, when each box was filled with that day’s issue, even the most hurried urban citizen running for the bus could get an analogue news feed of current events by scanning the headlines as they ran [...]
Upcoming Talks in Linz and London; Apologies to Berlin
Over the next two weeks I will be speaking at two public symposiums which explore important aspects of the future design of our cities, so I wanted to spread the word here and recommend that anyone in the respective cities of London or Linz come along and join in. On Wednesday 13 October I will [...]
Awesome Foundation London Funds Creating Stars in the London Sky
One of the drawbacks of living in London (and most other major metropolises) is that the ambient light from the buildings, street lamps, etc, make it impossible to see the stars in the sky at night. So when designer Oscar Lhermitte applied to the London chapter of the Awesome Foundation, of which I am a [...]
Upcoming Talk: Interactive Architecture
On Thursday 24 June 2010 I will be giving a talk at the Interactive Architecture 2010 conference, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Featuring an impressive lineup of speakers ranging from Duncan Wilson of Arup Foresight to Usman Haque of Haque Design and Research, and chaired by Fiddian Warman of Soda Creative, the [...]
ICON: Is Design Hacking a Quiet Revolution?
The current issue of ICON Magazine asks “From backstreet hack-labs to the Royal Society of Arts, design hacking is slowly making its way into the mainstream. But what does it offer?” It’s an interesting read, not least of which because it contains plenty of quotes from yours truly and references to my work with design [...]
In Discussion with Jaime Lerner
For most people with even a passing interest in innovative urban problem-solving, the words Jaime Lerner and Curitiba, Brazil will hold special reverence. Lerner is the urban planner and three-times mayor of Curitiba who transformed the once traffic-congested, economically and environmentally challenged city into one of the world’s most livable urban spaces. This Wednesday at [...]
London Sign Fonts Tell Their Own Stories
Walking around London yesterday I found myself paying attention to the secondary narrative of the city’s fonts, text and signage. How the current condition of some of the texts differ from their original form, and that within the aesthetic of that difference lies the story. The image above is from a suit maker and tailor [...]
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