maggie’s :: highlands
I started this series in 2012 as a way to spread the world about the awesome work that Maggie’s do, using design and architecture to make people’s lives better. Each month I feature a different centre and this month it’s the turn of Maggie’s Highlands, shown above looking (to me at least!) like a beacon...
maggie’s :: hong kong
I’m very excited, because this is my first Maggie’s post bringing news of a new Maggie’s Centre, and even more excitingly, it is the first international centre; in Hong Kong. Maggie’s Hong Kong was opened on Thursday 7th March 2013 by Secretary for Food & Health, Dr Ko Wing Man, who was joined by Charles Jencks,...
maggie’s :: south west wales
This month’s Maggie’s post is about the first centre in Wales, which opened just over a year ago, in December 2011. It’s an unusual story because the original architect Kisho Kurokawa died before the centre was built, so architecture firm Garbers & James delivered the project according to his plans. Kisho Kurokawa was one of the greatest Japanese architects...
maggie’s :: nottingham
Nicknamed the ‘Jolly Green Giant’ by the Guardian when it opened in November 2011, Maggie’s Nottingham has also been compared to a green lantern and a treehouse. It was designed by architect Piers Gough CBE (the G of CZWG Architects), and the interior was done by Sir Paul Smith. It’s the first time Maggie’s has...
confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I can! I feel very privileged to be able to say that. I’m...
maggie’s :: fife
An imposing, black, spiky building is not what you expect when you think of a cancer caring centre – and so Maggie’s Fife has always fascinated me. It was Zaha Hadid’s first building in the UK and it is possibly the most striking of the Maggie’s centres. Dr John Wilson, Consultant Physician at Fife Acute...
maggie’s :: dundee
It’s very difficult to pick a favourite Maggie’s centre, because they are all such special places, but before I started working with Maggie’s, I spent an incredible week at Maggie’s Dundee as part of my induction, so if pushed, I think I would have to choose Dundee. Maggie’s Dundee is at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee,...
maggie’s :: cheltenham
I was recently invited to spend an afternoon at Maggie’s Cheltenham and so I was keen to include it as the third post in my series focusing on Maggie’s Centres. One of Maggie’s more conservative centres, it is a conversion and extension of a Victorian pool keeper’s lodge in the grounds of Cheltenham General Hospital. Working in...
maggie’s :: london
This is the second instalment in my new monthly column, featuring a different Maggie’s centre each month. This month it’s the turn of Maggie’s London and I want to take you there the way I got there on Friday 22nd September – that is on foot, through the rain, via 10 mile nocturnal hike. We started at Leadenhall...
out and about :: designjunction (LDF12)
I was really pleased when confessions of a design geek was chosen as a media partner for designjunction this year, and having written so much about the show in the run up, I couldn’t wait to see it in the flesh. I’ve told you all about the venue and several of the exhibitors, so I’ll...
out and about :: london design festival in pictures (part 2)
A few more snaps from London Design Festival… from top: Interviewing the incredible Sarah Elenany, a problem-solving product designer who’s found herself in the world of fashion, as part of the V&A’s Salon Talks - I also interviewed Marina Willer, Pentagram‘s first female director; Benjamin Hubert‘s prototype lampshades made of tights (honestly!) at designjunction; Bocci‘s fabulous...
interview :: joy of living part 2
I’d heard of Maggie’s before I met Max, but it was his passion for the way that they use design to make people’s lives better that really got me hooked. Last year he created an event called Joy of Living, named for something Maggie Keswick Jencks once said: “It is important not to lose the...
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