States of Design 11: Handmade Design – Design – Domus
This is an excellent article : Over the past 18 years or so, while designers were grappling with 3D printing, objects’ lifecycles and recycles, footprints and Linden dollars, crafts have quietly...
View ArticleHome-Made Europe: the DIY geniuses shaking up design | Art and design |...
Home-Made Europe: the DIY geniuses shaking up design | Art and design | guardian.co.uk. This is an excellent article that refers back to Justin Mc Guirk’s writing on ‘craft fetishism’ … the romance...
View ArticleLive Flash Factories | Design Junction
Live Flash Factories | Design Junction. ‘Provenance is a huge watchword in design right now. Where and how objects are produced and their impact on the environment is increasingly important to the...
View ArticleSatellites in the shed? the new DIY revolution
Satellites in the shed? TEDGlobal announces the new DIY revolution | Technology | The Observer. ‘The latest edition of the ideas festival at Edinburgh was abuzz with the ‘maker movement': a...
View ArticleDave Gray » The connected company
Dave Gray » The connected company. There is an interesting building trend to reconsider organisations that were previously thought of in mechanical terms (companies etc running like well oiled...
View ArticleThe Merry Bobbins – An Afternoon with the Craftivist Collective
The Merry Bobbins – An Afternoon with the Craftivist Collective. Interesting to see political craft gaining ground …. Making and social change a seem to be forming closer bonds.
View ArticleCamille Paglia: How Capitalism Can Save Art – WSJ.com
Camille Paglia: How Capitalism Can Save Art – WSJ.com. A contentious but interesting article … I sort of feel yes. and no. !
View Articlestudio swine transport mobile foundry to create can city
studio swine transport mobile foundry to create can city. ransporting a mobile foundry around the streets of são paulo, brazil, designers at ‘studio swine’ have created ‘can city’, a series of stools...
View ArticleMemories of the future | The Charnel-House
Memories of the future | The Charnel-House. An immensely interesting article on Ross Wolfe’s blog, that will reward several re-reads. He offers a thorough critique of the writing of ‘Bifo’ (Franco...
View ArticleRebellion by design: when ceramics and textiles get radical – FT.com
Duncan Grant’s studio at Charleston house Sussex UK Rebellion by design: when ceramics and textiles get radical – FT.com Design has shown a rebellious streak in recent months. At the opening of the...
View ArticleLimits to Growth was right. New research shows were nearing collapse | Cathy...
Limits to Growth was right. New research shows were nearing collapse | Cathy Alexander and Graham Turner | Comment is free | theguardian.com. This is a sobering article, that shows research by M I T...
View ArticleFiera – 1st issue
Fiera. Featuring this text in Opinions : ‘Should We Be Making Polychronic Objects?’ (Edited text from the Studio Viatopia stand at designjunction 2014) There is currently a shared sense of wonder at...
View ArticleThe War On Culture
The destruction of the 2000 year old Baal Shamin temple at Palmyra, Syria, by Isis militants. It is heart-breaking but horrifically fascinating to see Isis use culture as a weapon of war. Ironically it...
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