New towns don’t exactly have a great image and are often used as symbols of soullessness, like Cumbernauld in the […]
Tag Archive for ‘colour’
A proper hello
I’m a fool for a doorway. Thankfully, there are several Instagram sites that feed my addiction so I can peruse […]
Standing for something.
What do you think of the word iconic? Rather like the word luxury, it’s thrown around with abandon: I can […]
Sugar cubes in Bordeaux
When I was a student I bought a little book called “Lived-in Architecture: Le Corbusier’s Pessac revisited” by Philippe Boudon. […]
Looking forward to the past
This week’s Iconic Buildings on Radio National’s Blueprint for Living highlights the wonder of Chartres cathedral (see here). I mention […]
A radiant unity
Earlier this year I broadcast a piece on ABC Radio National about Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation (listen here). It’s a […]
# Photo of the day #
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[Walking through Geometry, India © Source]
On a superficial level
This week’s Design File is all about colour (see Pantone). As those who heard my essay on colour for By […]
The problem with clothes
This week’s Design File is the Little Black Dress . When I told my female friends that I was doing […]
Memphis Design
(Image re ABC RN/ Wikimedia commons) My Design File for this week is about the Memphis Group. It’s the sort […]