This week’s Design File is all about colour (see Pantone). As those who heard my essay on colour for By […]
The ambivalence of the ex-pat
The 26th January is Australia Day. The first time I was ever aware of this was one wet wintry morning […]
The joy of writing
I’m in the middle of the first draft of a new novel. I had forgotten how wonderful it is to […]
Are you sitting comfortably?
This week’s Design File is about Mies van der Rohe’s classic Barcelona chair. I have a total thing about chairs […]
The problem with clothes
This week’s Design File is the Little Black Dress . When I told my female friends that I was doing […]
Something different
This week’s Design File is about the Sacco bean bag. It was hard for me to write about the bean […]
Windows for the soul
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 […]
