This week’s Design File is about Willow Pattern china. If ever there was a design that symbolised a cosy, bourgeois […]
Is Coke really it?
This week’s Design File is about the evolution of the Coke bottle. I was never a Coke child. I’m not […]
A sunny place
This week’s longer Design File is about the coffin and if anything, it shows that people are apprehensive even reading […]
The simple life
(Bauhaus students -www.bauhaus.de) Design File: Bauhaus Writing about anything in 700 words is quite an ask as it usually means […]
Italian dreams
(The 1948 Vespa 125, image thanks to Vespa.com) Design File: Vespa Over the past year or so when choosing a […]
Swiss Army Knife
Some things are just so classic: Swiss Army Knife But in writing this, I remembered how many knives I used […]
Memphis Design
(Image re ABC RN/ Wikimedia commons) My Design File for this week is about the Memphis Group. It’s the sort […]
The perks of home
I seem to waste so much of my time wishing I were elsewhere – dreaming away my life, as my […]
Le Corbusier again
I’m going back to university! Okay, that’s not strictly true but it feels like it. Because I’ve been reading a […]
Design Files
I have just posted my 25th Design File on the website (find them under Other Writing). These are extended versions […]
