This article was published 14 years Next up in my series of interviews with exhibitors at Home London‘s Homegrown is Petra Green aka Room 39. I discovered Petra’s work recently, when I was asked to pick my Christmas ‘wish list’ for Blog and Buy Sale and included her gorgeous Knit Knit…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: the making of interviews
This article was published 15 yearsAs I’m sure you are aware, I published a book in September. It’s called Interviews and it’s a collection of eighteen conversations with designers; from illustrators and graphic designers to product and furniture designers; and from recent graduates to design Gods like Wim Crouwel. A…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: joanna boyle
This article was published 15 yearsI was fortunate to be introduced to the very talented Joanna Boyle just as she was graduating from University College Falmouth and just as I was putting together my book, Interviews. Her work has since also appeared in the Parabola Project Issue II; Quickening, which…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: alexandre bettler
This article was published 15 yearsI met Alex after he took part in the Design Museum‘s ‘Pecha Kucha X Wim Crouwel’ event and was fascinated by his unusual approach to the design process. I couldn’t wait to talk to him afterwards and find out more… What’s the most important thing…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: michael c place
This article was published 15 yearsI might have mentioned in the past that I’m a huge fan of Helvetica – the typeface and the film. The thing I loved most about the latter was the utter passion and conviction displayed by those interviewed. One of my favourite people in the…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: interviews launch party
This article was published 15 yearsLast night was the launch party for my new book, Interviews. It’s been the light at the end of the tunnel through many late nights working on the book, so it was amazing to finally get there, and be able to raise a glass to…
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: interviews
This article was published 15 yearsA few months ago I was chatting to William Shaw, Web Editor for London Design Festival about an interview I had done for him. “You do know you’ve got a book on your hands, don’t you?” he said. I stared at him blankly. He went…