Work placement skills at the ready? Or not yet?
Work placements are undoubtedly extremely valuable activities, as no amount of learning can beat learning by doing. Undertaking a work placement can eventually help a young person obtain a better […]
Design: tales from a transformative experience
I wrote this two years ago. As I now publish this, it with sadness, that I see not much has changed. But it is with some hope that I hear […]
Travel by Book
Penguin books are running a summer holiday reading campaign called Travel by Book. Great idea. I took part in their quiz and was told I should be “walking the […]
Traits of creative people – is this you?
What distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty. Brandon Boyd Can we really say that there […]
Behind you! The anti-noticing pantomime called Pokémon Go
Humans who notice real things are dangerous. The other day I had a conversation with a good friend and colleague on The Hashtag Noticing Project Facebook group. So, all […]
Sleep: what is it good for? Absolutely everything.
Above: Why books are always better than movies? by Massimo Barbieri, 2009, Sleep is the best meditation. – Dalai Lama It would seem likely that getting enough sleep would be good […]
#noticing: or ways to boost your creativity with social media
Above: #noticing the Observer Building, Hastings, UK If you want a golden rule … [the] true secret of happiness lies in the taking a genuine interest in all the details […]
Protected: Impossible Spring: Dutch Flowers at the National Gallery
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The Emperor’s New Clothes: Pick Me Up versus Sony World Photo Awards
Above: Post It comment board from Pick Me Up. Art for art’s sake Back in the 1940s and 50s the US government held up to the world as a […]
Typography: making an exhibition of itself
Originally I thought this post would simply be a visual showcase of the amazing typography at the Sustainable Cities exhibition at The Crystal in London’s Docklands. I’ve already posted […]
the graphic design project 