Years ago when Labour and Wait were in their old shop they stocked some surplus stock french workwear jackets. They always sold out instantly and it was good luck if you could nab one. I got a few. So began the endless search for the perfect, work+work jacket.
A photo found on a continuous lean, serendipity, andy, and the Brooks brothers look. I was tickled by him and the sign.
Nearly a hundred years ago, from 1924 to 1927, Kazimir Malevich was using charts to explore art styles, movements and techniques. When I saw the charts at his Tate modern retrospective in 2014 they reminded me of so much of my professional work. Where rather than trying to create understanding through words and reports, as a designer you hope to bring research to life through diagrams and charts. Obviously I am not trying to compare myself to a master of modern art, but it was really exciting and unexpected to see these amazing pieces of visual analysis.
Went to Lords today and watched the English cricket fans, watching England bat against India, and was struck by how uniform what they wear is. Clothing featuring pastel colours, baby blue or salmon, and a lot of panama hats. A lifestyle culture, an urban tribe?
Although this article in the Pastry Box project by Greg Hoy, Differentiate or Die is about how tough 2014 has been for some design agencies, and how this tends to be cyclical, the bit that struck a note was why corporations reach for the silver bullet of external design agencies…and wondering if it works?