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confessions of a design geek
confessions of a design geek

Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

design geekery :: maggie’s

Katie, March 4, 2012June 16, 2020
This article was published 15 years

Maggie’s is a charity I have huge amounts of admiration for, and I started my Design Geekery column with a promise of the very best design I could find; design really worth getting excited about, I thought it was about time to include a column about the role design plays for Maggie’s.

Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres

“Design Geekery; Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres

The most important thing for me about design is its capacity to make people’s lives better. This can be something really little, like well-designed hangers that your clothes don’t fall off. And that’s important – it’s all the little things that add up to make your day…”

To read the rest of the column, head over to We Heart.

Further reading for the especially geeky:

  • creative spaces :: maggie’s cancer caring centre
  • interview :: nic rysenbry, design for dementia
  • interviews :: buy the book
  • http://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/maggies-centre-fife/
This article was published 15 years
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