Tag Archives: Design

Down to business

Written by . published on October 21, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , , . No comments.
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These are my favourite bits and pieces of printed cards – plus a menu and bar of soap – gathered while on the road. Business cards caused me a few headaches in the States. First, I forgot to take mine. More….

Park yourself

Written by . published on September 30, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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Distrito Federal, Mexico: Fueling my new obsession with furniture in general and chairs in particular, I spotted all of these on our second-to-last day in Mexico City. We were walking around the Condesa, Polanco and Bosque de Chapultepec with a couple of architect friends, and visited the Tamayo Museum of contemporary art. More….

Around the world, one chair at a time

Written by . published on September 24, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , , . No comments.
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Mexico: Wherever we’ve stayed here, there’s been the most beautiful furniture – though, granted, we’ve also been fortunate to be put up by two hotels that are part of the Design Hotels group in return for shooting them.

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Brook Farm General Store

Written by . published on September 17, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , , . No comments.
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Brooklyn, New York: If I lived in New York, Brook Farm General Store is the place I’d pop into sort-of-by-accident (but actually not) every week or so, until I felt I was living a sufficiently Katherine Hepburn-esque existence where everything was practical, classic and pleasing to the touch and the eye.

Plus, look at the adorable dog!

Diner Journal

Written by . published on September 7, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , , , . 1 Comment.
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Brooklyn, New York: I picked up a couple of copies of this magazine at the Williamsburg eatery Marlow & Sons today. It’s a lovely piece of work: heavy matte paper, reinvented vintage typefaces and clever art direction by Derick Holt (the homage to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album cover, only with a greenhouse instead of a pyramid, cracked me up). It even smells nice, like a new book. More….

Jamie McLellan

Written by . published on August 16, 2010. Filed under Web article. Tagged , , . No comments.
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A short piece for Indesignlive on one heck of a clever designer, Jamie McLellan.

Grey Triangles

Written by . published on July 16, 2010. Filed under Blog post. Tagged , . No comments.
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I love this pattern – it’s by young NZ designer Ngahuia Damerell, who moved over to textile design firm Mokum in Sydney on the back of her graduate portfolio. My interview with her is due out in the October issue of Design Quarterly.

NORD Architects, Glasgow

Written by . published on June 29, 2010. Filed under Magazine article. Tagged , , , , . 3 Comments.
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For one of Europe’s major contemporary arts venues, Glasgow’s Tramway Theatre has an unprepossessing address. The cavernous building – a former tram depot – lies on the city’s Southside, postcode G41, a deprived area better known for racial tension than prize-winning architecture. More….

Super Contemporary review

Written by . published on June 29, 2010. Filed under Web article. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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On a short trip to London in 2009, I reviewed the Design Museum’s Super Contemporary exhibition for the ProDesign website (shortly before jet-lag and over-stimulation set in).

GreEngaged Event, London

Written by . published on June 29, 2010. Filed under Magazine article. Tagged , , , . No comments.
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During the London Design Festival last year, I attended a week-long series of events on sustainable design, held at the offices of my old employer, The Design Council. As well as a range of formidably creative, entertaining speakers, it had an innovative format, described by curator Ed Gillespie as “Question Time on acid”.

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