The pandemic seems to have triggered some investigation of how we connect remotely with others. Welcome to the last 20 years of HCI everyone! Seriously though, people have been researching how we connect with others and our surroundings in situations that are mediated by technology for a long time. So careful before you claim it’s… Continue reading Alone together: the past 20 years of remote connections
How to Climate Change in a (different kind of) crisis.
(I recently started working part time at Library of Things and became a Trustee for The Restart Project so there’s a lot of climate change things on my mind. This was meant to be a piece for a friend’s magazine but they wanted something else so here goes.) These are a series of vignettes, of… Continue reading How to Climate Change in a (different kind of) crisis.
Sunday Scraps #16
The campaign to save Central Hill Estate, a modernist gem in Crystal Palace I tweeted about yesterday / the Vanburgh Park Estate in Blackheath was designed by Chamberlain, Powell and Bon who designed the Barbican / Someone’s been collecting the modernist homes in Lambeth, might put them on a map / The Decision Loom, about… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #16
Sunday Scraps #15
A guide to modernism in Metroland / Mike Davis talks about coronavirus / A french podcast about Eileen Gray (yet another book came out back in Feb) / Making art work / Why Is the West So Powerful—And So Peculiar? / The impact of Brexit on food / Nora Ephron’s 1996 commencement address / The future of… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #15
Sunday Scraps #14
Senscommon overcoat / Why facts don’t change our mind / Travelling Salesman Problem / If the Chair Fits: Sexism in American Office Furniture Design / Happy Rainy Days long raincoat / A Message from your University’s Vice President for Magical Thinking / Designerly Ways of Knowing: Design Discipline versus Design Science / The “Visual Depiction… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #14
Sunday Scraps #13
Long Barn, Vita Sackville-West first prototype garden 15 years before Sissinghurst / What to do with leftover fabric (I’m sewing and can’t believe how much waste there is) / Thai style omelette / another Steigler talk this time in January at Transmediale / The law of evolution as maximal principle which he mentions / Project Drawdown… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #13
Sunday Scraps #12
Attachment theory / Design in innovation report that was just published by Innovate UK (my quick critique on Twitter) / Grace Dent‘s perfect commentary on eating out in a pandemic / Dr. Joan Sinner gives me hope that you can become someone completely different later in life / Golden Lane Estate (the prototype for Barbican)/… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #12
Sunday Scraps #11
The story behind that burning man photo on the Pink Floyd Album / I don’t have a lot of time for Nick Cave as a politically literate person but at least he wrote a nice thing about Nina Simone / Brenda Vale on Autonomous Houses / The Climate House in a building which was ‘saved‘… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #11
Sunday Scraps #10
Caresse Crosby‘s mad life (no decent biog yet) / On whether there’s a sense to history / The history of California based Architectural Pottery (yes that’s the name of the business) whose founders interviewed J.B.Blunk / Pain scales / Immunology and intuition / Dos and don’ts of designing for accessibility / World Wide Waste /… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #10
Using Twitter when you’re creative
I think of Twitter as – 50% the comment section of local newspapers – 20% malicious content – 30% inspirational quotes, gifs and cultural references. I look for gold in that 30%. That’s why I stick around. — Alexandra D-S (@iotwatch) July 31, 2020 (Two men are grunting and shuffling about my apartment fixing a… Continue reading Using Twitter when you’re creative