Category: #sundayscraps

I committed a horrible faux pas today. I apologised to those concerned of course but in those moments I remind myself of this 17th century nun’s prayer / I’m annoyed I missed this exhibition about shade / thinking about popping into Bruxelles to see the Fondation Folon on a daytrip / beautiful AI ‘painted’ typography… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #93

This New Yorker article about children who go ‘no contact’ made me think a lot about my own experience so I might write about it some day / I finally got round to watching Showgirls and The Piano Teacher /  I had some garibaldi biscuits for the first time / we need more niche digital design… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #92

Junkyard Dogs looks very good but grim / this piece of investigative journalism about the real story behind the Salt Path heroes deserves a Netflix doco / this Filipino bakery in Battersea is amazing / was poet David Whyte the OG ‘mental health and wellbeing at work’ guru? / the interesting landscape work of Colombian practice… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #91

Some highlights from the fantastic Design and Disability show at the V&A: Jo Spence’s art therapy, spikes to protect wheelchair users from unwanted touching, why the white cane can’t get any better, adaptations for everyday living, an inclusive architecture course in the 1960s, an inclusive housing scheme. Looking forward to the More than Human show… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #88

A biting review of this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale / a show of Derek Jarman’s paintings / my friend Simon recommended I read Butler to the World to explain why we put up with so much / I don’t think I ever properly met Mike but it’s sad he’s leaving TechCrunch Europe / I’m not sure… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #87

This documentary about the life and death of the author of ‘On Death and Dying‘ was really poignant / the Apple ‘unsolicited ideas submission policy‘ made me giggle / i wonder how relevant Droog Design really are these days / apparently you shouldn’t make big decisions while grieving / I might attend some of the… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #86

There was an Alice Coltrane exhibition in L.A. recently / Tshepsio Moropa’s collage work looks great / reading about period insomnia / the IET has digitised the entirety of The Electric Age which is great news for me as I’m back to book writing / the UK needs the equivalent to this European arts funding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #83

I did what I had to do. There could have been more work done. There are always so many interruptions. – David Lynch The David Lynch documentary was interesting / I watched It’s a Wonderful World for the first time (very late to the game I know) and it’s basically a film about a crowdfunding… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #78

Alessandro Baricco was interviewed (the English closed captioning works well) and he posits Western thought is about having just enough memory to keep building, changing, improving, innovating. I liked that. Some more tabs I had open below. Jazz music in Murakami’s novels as curated by NTS / Adding Casa Malaparte to my list of places… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #77

Wellcome collection’s new exhibition on work / a reciple for ripple bread / the history of the Musée d’Orsay / A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde was written while she was fighting cancer and where she pioneered the term ‘self-care’ / i’ve been enjoying the work of Vegyn / on Google Mail’s pioneering work… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #76