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
Notes on the 2025 Creative Industries Sector Plan
The Creative Industries Sector Plan came out last week and I took some time to read through it. Here are a few things that surprised me: I assume for the sake of readability, there is a lack of technical language in the report. AI gets mentioned along 3D printing, robotics and XR but the devil… Continue reading Notes on the 2025 Creative Industries Sector Plan
Sunday Scraps #90
I can’t believe I didn’t know Juan Mirò inspired Miro / an event about divination, prediction and AI / my friend Julie made sonic furniture / the fun film is based on Erik and Joan Erikson’s theories of psychosocial development / an article on how we’re spotting the shape of AI generated texts (article in… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #90
On hiring
I started my design career by hiring people back in 2007 so as an experienced hiring manager, here are some observations based on the last four months of my own job search (and supporting others in theirs). Nobody knows how to write a CV anymore. Almost all of the graduates I’ve spoken to think a… Continue reading On hiring
Sunday Scraps #89
The ongoing armed conflicts page on Wikipedia is both illuminating and depressing / Britain talks climate content design toolkit is really useful / i ate some deep-fried kurdish bread the other day and oh my / my friend Maddy Corner’s new short film is coming out soon / I wonder if the recently solved Finsbury… Continue reading Sunday Scraps #89
Sunday Scraps #88
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
Stopping making sense (on being middle-aged in the creative industries)
Next month will mark 20 years since my first design job (an internship at the Design Council in their now defunct RED team). Looking back, I’ve done a lot of different things. I’ve started businesses, I’ve worked for others as a PAYE employee and I am both a Chair and a trustee. I’ve been on… Continue reading Stopping making sense (on being middle-aged in the creative industries)
Sunday Scraps #87
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
Sunday Scraps #86
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
Is the Internet eating itself?
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” – The Sun Also Rises (1926) I think what’s currently lazily described as ‘AI’ is the inevitable converging of decades of advancements in quantum computing, computer vision, generative art, web scrapping, natural language search and the semantic web. When you… Continue reading Is the Internet eating itself?