Category Archives: Design

Writer’s block

By tim | Published: 13/09/2011

The Silver Jubilee Crystal Crown was sculpted by Arthur Fleischmann, who pioneered carving in Perspex. It is the largest solid block of Acrylic in the world. It was originally made in 1968 for Stanley Kubrick’s film “2001 – A Space Odyssey”

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A brief sunshine

By tim | Published: 30/08/2011

So, the installation you can see in the image above is by Joseph Kosuth, and you’ll find it in Southwark. The words are from the closing chapter of Charles Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers.

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On argument, instruction and authenticity

By tim | Published: 25/08/2011

It’s refreshing to see a business have and express a point of view

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Passing thoughts

By tim | Published: 22/07/2011

Why have they made one of the most historically rich parts of London sound like an area in Manhattan?

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Postcards from Paradise

By tom | Published: 07/07/2011

Who needs the hassle of traffic jams, rammed airports, heaving ferries and bloated beaches when you can hang out at the Southbank. This glorious rolling festival has been the hit of the summer with thrilling exhibitions, ambush fountains, curious pavilions, an allotment in the sky, and an intriguing language installation that has set everyone talking [...]

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Colourful language

By tim | Published: 21/06/2011

I saw this lovely shop in Delft. I was rather taken with the poem they have in the window – a characterful piece of DIY brand writing.

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Between the lines

By tim | Published: 31/05/2011

Despite the Cold War editorial shadow play, much of what Encounter published seems thoughtful, considered and independent, and certainly bears reading today.

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Ruminations

By tim | Published: 24/05/2011

I picked up a carton of the milk chocolate version, looked at the packaging and entered a parallel world of Modern Milk-soaked surrealism.

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Southbank Centre celebrates the Festival of Britain

By tom | Published: 10/05/2011

The English language is a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up wonder and the great leveller we all have in common.

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Visual editing

By tim | Published: 13/04/2011

A contemporary version of Swiss Design doesn’t have to mean clean lines and stark type, just the unremitting application of logic, analysis and clarity to the design process.

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