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Designing Knowledge Exchange Research
As an interaction designer and researcher I have spent much of the last 4 years designing human to human interaction, processes, techniques and approaches. Recently my research assistant and I audited...
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Innovation in the Superstudio
Recently I have been looking again at the radical design theorists from the 60s and 70s. This is part of a longer work I`m developing that reassess the counter-culture design history and its...
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Archigram Archive Free Here
If you want to know more about Archigram, Westminster University have the full archive of their work freely available online here
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Great clock that tweets
Language and meaning is a fascinating, living thing, you may notice that the titles of these blog posts almost always have at least two meanings. Its interesting how words aquire new meaning and wider...
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We will do good to you: Time to change, design for change?
This week I`ve been working with the new HighWire intake of 2011, we always start the year with a residential fieldtrip to the lake district, specifically we spent 2 great days in Coniston. Talking...
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Designing as Validation in Design Research - no really that was the proposal
Watched an interesting keynote at the IASDR conference today by Kristina Höök from the Mobile Life Centre, the presentation called Move that Body. Split into two components, the first was an exposition...
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Galácticos at rest
At the start of the IASDR conference I found myself in heady company, here we have Prof. Nigel Cross (editor of Design Studies) Lin-Lin (editor of International Journal of Design) and Prof. Rahel...
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Come on feel the noise..
I was at a very interesting presentation as part of Dutch Design week recently at the Raadzaal Designhuis in Eindhoven. In particular there was a good (but slightly long) presentation given by Victor...
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Arguemented Reality
I was at a workshop earlier this week starting the bid writing process for groups interested in participating in the Catalyst project. This is a £1.8 million project looking at citizen-led innovation...
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A Christmas Easter Egg (formerly The Joy of Finger Puppets)
For the most part I find the Muppets very much an acquired taste, but there is one exception. The Muppet Christmas Carol is a classic that trots out every year on UK TV. This is charming throughout,...
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Flirting with Lomo
It looks like this year will be defined by big projects looking at digital knowledge exchange tools and digital personalisation (Director of KE for a £5m centre on KE between arts and creative...
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Lomo - first date
Results of my first outing with the new Lomo AC wide. Actually considering these are 'vanilla prints' I`m pretty pleased. I especially like the half frame feature that groups 2 exposures together, lots...
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The New Designer at the Design Academy Eindhoven
I`ve been on the road recently, undertaking a series of interviews and workshops. Some of this time has been spend in Eindhoven, one of my favorite cities in the Netherlands. An important part of this...
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Eindhoven Academy of Design pt2
While at the Eindhoven Academy of Design with my friend and PROUD colleague Ingrid van de Wacht and could not resist the contrast between the odd, 'half floor' numbering system they use, straight out...
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Proud Project Lomographs
I spent a few days in Paris recently as part of the Proud Co-Design project I`m part of. This was a great excuse to test drive my new Lomo (LC-A wide), in this instance I was using the half frame...
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Towers of Delusion
I reviewed a project recently about cultural objects and how design can make them more relevant. One of the key areas for discussion was that the project took the position that there was one culture...
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Key Challenges of Open Design: Words of Wisdom from Peter Troxler
Peter Troxler is well known in Fablab and Open Design circles and was one of the key people behind the excellent book Open Design Now. Peter and I had a long discussion recently about open source...
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Lomo - Collection
Final lomo collection for a bit, this includes a few of the Paris pictures but also a wider range of pictures from the same batch. Never had results like this from Lomo before. I`m particularly keen on...
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Will.i.am and Knowledge Exchange Toolkits
I have a project (New IDEAS all about designing new KE toolkits (by this I mean creating processes that act as a foil to enable knowledge exchange between others when I'm are not present). We think we...
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Eye Power in the Modern Meeting
Like many people I go to too many meetings but unlike many I have a low boredom or irritation threshold and so often need something to cheer me up as someone is droning on about an issue that is...
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Pony Chair Ecstasy
I`m a big fan of pop furniture and I`ve seen (and in some cases bought) some of my favorite pieces of furniture in this cannon but I had never seen an Eero Aarnio Pony chair in the flesh before a...
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PROUD and CO-Design for Local Councils
We ran a sensitizing event recently (on the 23rd April) with a delegation of councilors from Lancaster City Council. This was a very interesting group, we have very good relationships with the Officers...
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Dutch Design Week - Horseplay
I did not get to see enough of Dutch Design Week but this stood out for me, appealing to my Surrealist side. This monumental sculpture is actually mostly Papier-mâché. If anyone is around Eindhoven you...
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Pioneers of Design - Dutch Design Week pt2
I recently had the pleasure of spending some time in Eindhoven delivering a master class on co-design at Dutch design week. This was a really vibrant, exciting time to be in one of my favorite European...
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