2 days to go to the glamourous and always exhausting Salone del Mobile. Hopefully I will have time to see more things as last year I was exhibiting Topoware with Karola. Looking forward to some apperitivos with old friends and new ones. If you’re in town, ping me!
Category: Traveling
I take too many flights but i like it… my thoughts about my travels, airline services, luggage, etc…
Green restrictions
For a number of reasons, I was looking into cutting my Brussels visit short by a few days. Looked up on my 2 non-favorite super cheap airlines only to find that a flight from Brussels to London does not exist. That’s the first time a travel resctriction made me think “thank god!”. So I’ll just… Continue reading Green restrictions
Stuff
As a “frequent traveller” I really enjoy work that rethinks our relationships to maps and geography. I wish I could wear my trips on sleeves sometimes as it would help avoid the very long drawn conversation I need to have with people to explain why I love Europe so much and that the only North… Continue reading Stuff
Not quite there
I’m trying to tie loose ends before I go spend 2 weeks working with the wonderful people at fo.am in Brussels. Yes grant you it’s not very far, but I really need to step out of London once in a while, to remind myself that the rest of world doesn’t live this frantically. While I’m… Continue reading Not quite there
China's Impact on Europe's Design Future and Education: a report
Last week I attended a small seminar in Eindhoven organised by Gregor Klemencic on the role and reactions of China to the design field. Elaine Ann was there to talk about her work in helping western companies understand and work in the Chinese market, especially doing user research. Having met Elaine last year in Antwerp,… Continue reading China's Impact on Europe's Design Future and Education: a report
Design for distraction
The London Underground is one of the few places where you’re likely to find me reading adverts, and I bet I’m not the only one (see Lesson 23). Fact of the matter is the Tube is the fastest way to get where you want to go, but the price to pay is higher than the… Continue reading Design for distraction
How I got Eurostarred
View Larger Map So I am no longer a “St-Pancreas virgin” as a fellow traveller in the train referred to it, and it’s frankly really great. It took me a little over 2 hours (or about 40 rows of knitting since that’s what’s making transportation such a breeze these days) to get to Bruxelles and… Continue reading How I got Eurostarred
Accidental tourism
I’m about to go into hypertravel again but this time it’s a little different. Tuesday and Wednesday will be spent in Milan working with Massimo and greeting our second intern. Then I’m back in London for an evening before embarking on the spanking new Eurostar to Bruxelles (2hours 20 minutes…woah) The event I was supposed… Continue reading Accidental tourism
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Where is home?
I grew up all over the place (Paris, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, Canada) and continued to relocate in my adult life (Italy, Holland, now UK) and many of my closest friends have had similar experiences. This got me thinking that the fashionable community of frequent travelers might not necessarily equate the community of frequent re-locators.… Continue reading Where is home?