“Drawing Cities” launches in Italy
The latest book to feature my work and approach towards urban creativity has just been launched in Italy. Disegnare le città (Drawing cities), is an overview of a more organic … Read more
Writing
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 … Read more
Responding to a Crisis of Trust
“This is a crisis not only of credit, but a crisis of trust.” – UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Davos 2009 Thanks to everyone who has emailed prodding for news … Read more
Re-writing the playbook with new ideas: The A-11 Formation
Illustration by Thomas Porostocky; New York Times Following the post on the value of cross-pollinated ideas, today’s comes from American Football. The story here is about the A-11 formation, developed … Read more
Sustainable, Generative, Cross-Pollinating Ideas
For those of you who have attended one of my talks, you’ll have heard this quote before: The next revolution will be a revolution of ideas. It is from the … Read more
Lisbon Street Art Tribute to Pessoa
Photo Credit: Joao Pina for The New York Times The New York Times just published a fine article about the dilemma facing Portugal that a collection of the famed Portuguese … Read more
Mark Jenkins article for DAMn Magazine
DAMn magazine asked me to do a piece on artist Mark Jenkins, and I obliged, as I love Mark’s work and writing about it is always a pleasure. The issue … Read more