The end of Tegel airport / looking forward to watching The Truffle Hunters / a doco about Escher that’s come out / Container magazine has a call for submissions / i popped into a fine art UAL graduate show at the South London Gallery and really loved the work of Sayan , Melitta , Joao,… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #54
Sunday Scraps #53
The swimmers of Parson’s Pleasure / it’s surprising how much good journalism about food is happening in London at the same time as supermarkets struggle to stock shelves / the CCA’s fellowship program in Montréal looks nice / on soil / Omni magazine’s view of the 21st century from 1984 / a podcast about food… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #53
Sunday Scraps #52
A call for submission on critical approaches to design education / UK energy bills are increasing in October / Jane Fonda on the I-Weigh podcast / the story of Vampira, a 1940s actress who became a punk icon later on / call for submission for solarpunk storytelling / the wonderful work of Virginia Hanusik /… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #52
Sunday Scraps #51
The amazing man who gives free haircuts to the homeless / I should visit Monte Verità some day / one of Murray Bookchin‘s last interviews / picked up a couple of earrings from Stacey Jayne when I was in Margate the other week / Dream Story (1926) which Eyes Wide Shut is based on /… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #51
What I learnt about cycling in London in a pandemic
Someone, somewhere will start a good ‘beginners’ column for a major newspaper. In the meantime, this is what I learnt from starting to cycle in London last year. I hope it helps some people navigate what is an information hellhole because getting into cycling is like getting into watches. It’s an area that pretends to… Continue reading What I learnt about cycling in London in a pandemic
Sunday Scraps #50
In a hypothetical future where I cycle around Japan this is a good place to start / on freedom and propaganda / a friend told me about a ‘prepared piano‘ artist / the skip gallery / i’m trying not to buy pockets for my books / I should really read some Zweig / some thoughts… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #50
Alone together: on the long tail of Twitter
Last year, I wrote about why I love Twitter as a creative person. This post is about being on Twitter for a long time. I joined in November 2006 with an account I would eventually turn into a private account. I started my work account in June 2010. It’s the only service I consider myself… Continue reading Alone together: on the long tail of Twitter
Sunday Scraps #49
The racism of offshore call centres / the hell hole of Tik Tok houses in L.A. / on the problem of carbon rationing / we used to kiss bread before throwing it away when I was a kid / Discard studies which is about trash / how to wild a container / Ita O’Brien’s… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #49
Einmal ist keinmal: Notes on a residency
I just finished curating and running a 4 week virtual residency on climate change for 15 creative people under the umbrella term of the Low Carbon Design Institute. As one of my sponsors Matt told me, ‘wait until you’ve done it twice before getting other people involved’ so these are some notes to myself so… Continue reading Einmal ist keinmal: Notes on a residency
Sunday Scraps #48
(It’s been an incredibly long month as I ran a climate-change themed creative residency. It went really well. I’m proud but shattered.) A lot about the smell of rain at a scientific level / I’m not really a podcast person but this Grace Dent show about comfort eating is really great / on the obsession… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #48