Urbanism | Container Urbanism
I was thinking about how shipping containers seem to have become the new pop-up urban…
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Design | The V&A Illustration Awards 2012 Shortlist
Speaking of illustration art, the high-priestess of design academies, the V&A has announced its shortlist…
Design | City Illustrati
I often trawl Etsy and other art sites for handmade illustrations, and it never ceases…
Urbanism | The Life and Death Of The Great British High Street
It Might Be Time To Lay The Great British High Street Down Once upon a…
Design | A Marrakesh Way to Pause
La Pause I have a strong itch to wander and it usually shows up about…
Urbanism | An unusual urban landscape
“Tapis Rouge!” A grass carpet installation runs through the entire length of the French town Jaujac.
Design | The Start Of Something Brilliant
An Object Used To Create Art as an Object Of Art Itself Fumiaki Goto, a…
PhotoStories | Bruges By Night
Continued from here and here If you’ve ever visited Bruges by night, you know where…
Urbanism | Sharing Space In London
A bold new initiative in London erases boundaries between pedestrian and vehicular traffic London just…
PhotoStories | Belgium Bits [2]
Bruges was picture postcard perfect, a tourist magnet and a bit too perfect. Perhaps it was still my travelling-at-Christmas feelings talking. But it was pretty. And prettiness makes for nice pictures (even if I say so myself).
PhotoStories | Belgian Bits [1]
For those who used to follow this blog in its earlier avatar, I know it’s…
Urbanism | A Gimmick for Atheists
I am usually with Alain de Botton on things. Not this time. Alain de Botton’s…
Art and Grime at Shoreditch High Street
The East End of London lies just beyond ‘The City’ – the City of London…
