“Guiltless consumption” via Past & Vinegar Isn’t that a contradiction in terms though when it comes to thinking about future services and solutions? It’s like an obese person have vegetables 10 times a day instead of slowing down and just having 3 meals. It’s guiltless but it’s still consumption. I really believe that innovative solutions… Continue reading Quote
Why am I in this handbasket and where are we going?
I hope Jimmy will forgive me for the copy-paste. “My resistance to contributing to blogs in general is that they are by and large vehicles for personal authorship and that participation is ultimately framed and managed by a single authorial voice. Consequently participants tend to get patronized or corrected if they voice dissent or simply… Continue reading Why am I in this handbasket and where are we going?
Quote of the day
Me: – While you’re away, I’ll take the time to watch a lot of movies, read some books and eat meat. Matt: – Yeh so when I see you again, you’ll have bacon sunglasses and a steak scarf. (Coz clearly some of you were wondering :) )
Bacon sunglasses or how far should we future cast?
I went to see the impossibly crowded opening of the Work-in-progress show at the RCA yesterday and although I really should try to go back, the feeling I got coming out of it was one of being puzzled by what it all meant. Fact is, I’m not sure of RCA’s overall design rhetoric anymore. Durrel… Continue reading Bacon sunglasses or how far should we future cast?
Hungry?
Reminds me of The Hungries project I was involved in with my friends Dana and Alejandro.
Defining service design
I recently had the pleasure of meeting some of the great people behind a book on services in the tourism industry. Andres explained to me that they had written this book in Estonia (only has been translated to Finnish so far) and was working on setting up a BA in service design. This was great… Continue reading Defining service design
Thoughts from the edge
As I struggle to keep my head away from tinkering for more than 15 minutes, I’ve realised a few things so far: – there is a fine balance to be struck between saying yes and saying no – people are, in general, quite unforgiving of any mistakes, even if you’re starting out – money is… Continue reading Thoughts from the edge
Update
So I feel I’ve neglected this site long enough, I really should update people about why on earth I’m hardly in touch with the world. January is always a good month for announcements anyway right? Firstly I am now CEO (or chief slave driver as I prefer to call it) of a small technology and… Continue reading Update
Quote of the day
“used for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey, probing for food, courtship and feeding their young” You’d swear they were talking about limbs wouldn’t you? Not quite. I love evolution.
Quote of the day
“The more I read interviews with these rock star designers, the more I realize how out of touch with real design problems these people are. Approaching design solely as style and brand simply perpetuates the notion of Design as transparent and shallow, and if these people continue to serve as the mouthpieces for our industry,… Continue reading Quote of the day