Editor of Design Week magazine designweek.co.uk and founder of the course, Designers & Creatives: How to Talk to the Press
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My friend Natalie has started this petition. I already understand many design businesses are under the same pressure from landlords. Please take a look:
Push private landlords to offer COVID-19 rent relief for businesses - Sign the Petition! chng.it/7nJZbBFC via @UKChange
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Can’t believe how many home working tips pieces are being written with “get dressed” topping the list as if it were a nugget of sagacious advice that we might not have considered
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Maybe it’s time to bring my mullet back. I like to imagine it’s still out there somewhere, possibly playing snake eyes, drunk, in Vegas
Am I Seriously Considering Getting A Mullet In 2020? ellemag.co/zm9Ql5G
Her work moves away from the “human-centric design” we’ve all grown used to and offers “a new value system not just aimed at consumption” #DI2020
.@NatsaiAudrey is growing microbes directly onto fabrics to dye them and create garments with hardly any water use and no chemical inputs #DI2020
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Google Labs CCO @therobertwong: “People say tech is the key driver for human advancement - that’s bullshit. It’s the human heart and imagination that advances the future” #DI2020
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All good points. Maybe a reductive tweet on my part. There’s a lot more to this project. Can’t speak for the designer but it doesn’t feel like homelessness is being normalised when more context is provided. Will hopefully have the chance to share more information on it.
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.@designindaba funds Bas Timmer’s Sheltersuit, helping him make 250 units for homeless people in Cape Town. It’s a bag which rolls out into a protective sleeping chamber and is made from recycled textiles. (Pic 2 is a jacket and sleeping bag designed for warmth) #DI2020
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Bio mimicry and designing with natural processes looks like it will be a big part of the agenda here. Vukheta Mukhari is part of a team which has designed and refined a brick made from urine #di2020
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If any delegates have a good idea this week it will be backed to the tune of 50,000R #DI2020
.@designindaba founder @ravinaidoo launches The Department of Audacious Projects to help kick start South African economy through creative solutions to tourism: “We want the most outlandish projects you can imagine... to bring a step change”. #DI2020
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Not sure what’s more impressive, the Table Mountain view or the pigeon nesting outside my window. Excited for @designindaba to start tomorrow #DI2020
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This one's on Germany... From Bauhaus to Berlin’s poster culture: a guide to German design: bit.ly/35a3E0L
We've introduced another series spotlighting design scenes around the world. This one's all about India: bit.ly/3bmrMAw
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We remembered the late great Vaughan Oliver, graphic designer and Pixies collaborator: bit.ly/35rMefh
