This article was published 13 years I saw Design Exquis for the first time at Clerkenwell Design Week and was fascinated by the process, and by the insight it gave into the way designers’ minds word. So I was honoured to be asked to join the judging panel for the…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
maggie’s :: fife
This article was published 14 years 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…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: vitra campus
This article was published 14 yearsBack in June, Vitra very kindly invited me to Art Basel, Design Miami / Basel and most excitingly of all to the Vitra Campus summer party. The Vitra Campus is an architecture geek’s playground. With buildings designed by Frank Gehry, Jean Prouvé and Zaha Hadid sitting…
Confessions of a Design Geek
out and about :: bastard bread
This article was published 14 years Vitra very kindly invited me to their annual Vitra Campus party in Weil am Rhein, Germany a few weeks ago, which coincides with Art Basel in neighbouring Switzerland. All the action takes place in a complicated little corner where France, Germany and Switzerland meet. Driving around you…
Confessions of a Design Geek
interview :: max fraser, the joy of living
Max Fraser, editor of the London Design Guide (a book which rarely leaves my handbag), has been working on a rather special project. Joy of Living finally sees the light of day on March 15th at Somerset House.