Architonic – Park life: the evolving approach to designing urban public space

May 14th, 2012

You can read my latest article for Architonic about how landscape architects are approaching the need for better public spaces in inner city environments here.

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RIP CMYK: article for Port Magazine

March 25th, 2012

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You can now download my article about the rise of digital design publishers for the lovely Port magazine from their website here. Ironically, this feature was misprinted in the magazine so the digital download is the only way to read the whole thing!

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The Fantasist at the Blue Elephant Theatre

March 4th, 2012

Julia Yevnine in The Fantasist: photo by Dougie Firth

Camberwell’s Blue Elephant Theatre presents a production by Theatre Témoin and Cie Traversière that tells the story of an artist battling insomnia and mental illness, combining expressive physical acting with skilful puppetry that brings the demons inside the protagonist’s mind to life.

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Design Museum: Designs of the Year 2012

February 29th, 2012

Designs of the year

The longlist for the fifth annual Designs of the Year competition is currently on show at the Design Museum and here are my speculative and almost certainly inaccurate predictions for who could be celebrating when the winners are announced on 24 April.

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The Living Room exhibition: looking back…

February 15th, 2012

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Better late than never, here are some images of The Living Room exhibition that I co-curated with Jonathan Krawczuk of DesignedMade during last year’s London Design Festival in September.

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Boxpark retail mall

February 12th, 2012

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Last November sixty shipping containers were delivered to a vacant plot outside Shoreditch station. Now filled with trendy fashion and food brands they form what the owners say is the ‘the world’s first pop-up mall.’

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Architonic – Leading lights: current and future applications for new lighting technologies

February 10th, 2012

Architonic - Leading Lights

This feature for Architonic examines external and internal uses for innovative lighting technologies. You can read the full article here.

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Don Carlos at the Blue Elephant Theatre

November 14th, 2011

David Palmstrom as the Marquis de Posa: photo by Adam Tigg

A classy production of German playwright Friedrich Schiller’s 1780s tragedy Don Carlos at the Blue Elephant Theatre tells a historical and well known story with contemporary verve and considered direction, enabling the performances of the fifteen-strong cast to engage the audience in a twisted plot of passion, jealousy, betrayal and courage.

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The Living Room exhibition

August 25th, 2011

I will be co-curating an exhibition with Jonathan Krawzcuk, founder of DesignedMade, at Luna & Curious during the London Design Festival in September. The show will be on from 17 September until 2 October. Look forward to seeing you all!

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Kenneth Grange at the Design Museum

August 11th, 2011

This overview of work by one of Britain’s most prolific and respected designers has filled an entire floor at the Design Museum with iconic everyday products.

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