Editor of Design Week magazine designweek.co.uk and founder of the course, Designers & Creatives: How to Talk to the Press

London
Joined March 2010
.@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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I can see myself with a pigeon on one shoulder
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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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Here we delve into the renaissance of the night train: bit.ly/2vaISko
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“A tribute to pure expression”: a guide to Polish design bit.ly/37lue8k
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
This interview with Julia Watson explored the tension in between tech and simple sustainable practices in our future cities. (Staggeringly this living bridge, pictured, comprises two sets of tree roots): bit.ly/370gQWL
We looked at the murky world of Siri, Alexa and unconscious bias: bit.ly/3ar2vFa
We spoke to the designers who are trying to design sex tech which understands female sexuality: bit.ly/2U1BaDH
This advice piece looked to bring clarity to IR35 and how it might affect designers: bit.ly/31qQv2e
Really proud of some of the stories we've run recently. Here we spoke to Reuters Graphics for the first in our new series on in-house design teams. The image below illustrates how much plastic we ingest every six months: bit.ly/2uRE96S
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Press trip essential, the extension lead: for packed press rooms where it’s the only currency that holds any value (if you can find a plug)
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Facebook just reminded me of the six year anniversary since I wrote a haiku for my old flat management company in a desperate bid to get them to reply to my emails.
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Tom Banks retweeted
Can designers bring tech and the natural world closer together? bit.ly/2Sk1whI
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Replying to @MiddleBoop
Maybe you can pass on my fantasy football credentials
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Replying to @MiddleBoop
This has made my day. I don’t really want to know the whole story. It’ll ruin it, but I can see that’s been taken at WeWork
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Yeah this defo needs some celeb endorsement