kids design trip – just back-pack!
V&A Back-Packs are Brill! We have just returned from a back-packing adventure at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. For a few hours we became time travellers exploring creativity and […]
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ice-skating shelters
Here’s a summer garden installation, perfect for a tepid July in England. These plywood structures in the photograph are Ice Skating shelters by Patkau Architects, 2012, Winnipeg, on show at […]
we is in dream country
Finally. A trip to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, set in the marvellous village of Great Missenden. For the curious, here’s a brief history of how the museum […]
user, maker, designer – the new, true design museum
Users – makers – designers. We are all of these, in that order. A quick post on a recent trip to the new Design Museum in London. The building, interior […]
the chapel of barolo
By Sol Lewitt and David Tremlett – Brunate Vineyard, La Morra, 1999 Built in 1914 as a shelter for those who worked in the surrounding vineyards in case of storms […]
design thinking inside out
The emotional roller coaster of education and design This is a short introduction to education and design. It is not about design education or design school. It’s about two worlds, […]
cushy
This is my first DIY sewing exercise. A cushion cover. Materials: Recycled fabric. In this case Ikea curtain remnants. Cotton thread Ready-made cushion or cushion filling Sewing scissors, pins and […]
doodling makes you think!
When did you last doodle? This is the question. Instead of reading numerous books on design, business and the future of education, or about how amazingly therapeutic colouring books can […]
white beauty
Image: “back to school – in the snow” Last week, Third Year Secondary School students visited Villa Reale di Monza. It was a truly spectacular experience just a short distance […]
design for the real kids – talk
Let them play! Last week I had the honour of being a Guest Speaker at the Innovation Studio of the Product Service-System Design Master program 2014/15 at Politecnico di Milano. […]
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