Thoughts
My thoughts on art, design, and other things of interest that inspires me
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Denkarbeit
I wish I had run more workshops at Barclays, as its a great way to get inside the teams head, and where their thinking is. These are my notes from a workshop I ran in January 2014. It is also just to enjoy ‘thinking work’. Denkarbeit. The team spend so much time creating material I…
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What’s New Pussycat
I first saw Françoise Hardy at the end of the a very silly film called Whats New Pussycat, and then she sang on Blurs single ‘To the End’. In the film Michael James (Peter O’Toole) has just got married to Carole (Romy Schneider) and calls the mayor’s assistant (Françoise Hardy) ‘pussycat’. Carole takes this to be…
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To all tomorrow’s parties
The article had a picture of a laptop on the floor in a room off old street near seren, where I worked. Also talking to design the team about computers and where they are going. What follows doesn’t make sense, but they are just notes. Collage of other peoples thoughts from the past. A hand-me-down dress from who…
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Go Faster
The aesthetics of car racing has always been mixed up with the thrill of speed. I regularly browse with great pleasure Customised: Art Inspired by Hot Rods, Low Riders and American Car Culture. The front cover featuring Roadrunner by Craig McDean. If you ever by a book on the strength of a cover alone this is…
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Readymades and the skilled artisan
Reading yesterdays guardian I came across an article by Jon Henley, called ‘Last of their Kind’. Which was a view of ‘heritage crafts’. These are skilled craftsmen who make useful tools and object, but very much reminded me of some of the things I like to think of as readymades.
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Speedy Design
If I am working on very small sites, which need a very quick turn around. I often find myself skipping most web development processes. As building a working site you can quickly adapt as you go along seems to be the most efficient path. This creates some unusual photoshop files which just contain mock ups of…
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Of phlogiston and web conventions
I was watching Chemistry: A Volatile History and the presenter Jim Al-Khalili spoke about one of the greatest red herrings in science which was phlogiston. A theory that fire element called “phlogiston” was given off when substances burned. So when wood burned it became ash and an invisible element had been given off phlogiston, as…
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