“To compete in this new design arena the industry is going to have to change. To start with, it would benefit from throwing off the aesthetic myth that design is about sprinkling magic dust on ugly products” – From an article by Menzies Lowe in NewDesign magazine, issue48.
Zazaziza kind of day
Killing me softly
Not that I want to make my readers believe that I’m having a bad day, the sun is shining, the tulips and tank tops are out… but general statements that influence the way my field is perceived on the market tend to make me react very strongly… I’m sure Tony Dunne didn’t necessarily intend it… Continue reading Killing me softly
Is this how we're gonna go down?
I hate to think that with the growing environmental challenges we are facing, the human race is going to sit there arguing whose fault it is that the planet is heating up. It’s a useless conversation that you see in every Hollywood movie, just before the big wave crashes down, the 2 main characters are… Continue reading Is this how we're gonna go down?
Reporting on Doors of Perception 1/3: New Friends
If anything this trip has reminded me of how much I hate long haul flights. In the space of a day, I woke up at 4 in Delhi, took off on a plane at 8 30, landed in Bahrain 5 hours later to take a plane exactly 30 minutes later and sit there watching crap… Continue reading Reporting on Doors of Perception 1/3: New Friends
How i feel
Sometimes glitches in Twitter are reflective of how I feel at the moment, in this case: repetitive.
Images of Delhi
1. (Phone rings) Matt: “Hey you” Me: ” Hey! Let me just move away from this street, a monkey just threw an energy-saving light-bulb in our direction” 2. 12 people squeezed in a car, all dressed in white, singing a capella Honeysuckle Rose while the car tries to avoid cows and horses in the streets.… Continue reading Images of Delhi
Blogging at Doors
Will be live blogging from the Doors official conference (much much more thoughts on the week I just spent in the next few days of course) on Tastythinking. Follow me there!
News from sunny/rainy India
Just letting you know I’m deep in workshops, eating street food, walking around the most desolate areas of Delhi and generally taking about a million pictures of Doors 9: Juice on my flickr stream. Enjoy! Back to the usual rants on the 8th of March.
Doors in Delhi
Just a little public service announcement that until the 7th I will be in Delhi for the latest edition of Doors of Perception 9 conference in Delhi in India. If there’s internet, expect thorough live-blogging, if not, then see you next week!