Monthly Archives: August 2011

Everything in its place and a place for everything. Kind of.

By bessworks | Published: August 30, 2011
The fabric that has been squatting in my booze cupboard has been evicted, along with a motley crew of off-cuts and one off I-must-have-that-I-will-die-if-I-don’t-buy-that-…-I-don’t-know-what-I will-make-with-that-but-it-won’t-go-off-while-I-look-after-it-,-will-it! You wouldn’t know it to look in my living room (or my office), but I have been having a little sort out. Now all fabric of a reasonable length is [...]
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Pondering my navel

By elizabethhills | Published: August 19, 2011
Adrian Shaughnessy, The man who gave us the ‘How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul’ book has just written an interesting* article in the Design Observer: The Politics of Desire and Looting. It’s a timely article addressing the designer’s responsibility for the trouble, not so much attributing blame, or suggesting a ban on [...]
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