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21st century Liberal (T)asks

Keeping tabs on my personal pet peeves and my asks of politicians in the 21st century.

Good Night Lamp at Biennale Internationale Design Ste-Etienne

Go visit the At Home exhibition until July 31st 2022.

To coincide with COP26 (hosted in Glasgow in 2021) Superflux were asked to work with IKEA/Ingka Group to showcase the best of their sustainability work. I acted as project manager and wrote a little about it. I went on to work with the audio visual contractor we hired as coordinator for a few months in… Continue reading Superflux & IKEA

Human Values in digital design questionnaire

In 2020, the BBC R&D North Lab and myself won some funding from NESTA to turn their Human Values work into practical tools for policy-making. Building on my experience shepherding the London Internet of Things community into developing the Better IoT assessment tool, I helped them develop a questionnaire for people building digital tools. The… Continue reading Human Values in digital design questionnaire

Creating a Culture of Innovation

My new book is out now and I’ve written a little blog post about it to give you a taster of what to expect!