Books Posts
There’s no F in work
A new book sets out to unravel the complexities, opportunities and challenges of work in the post pandemic era
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The designer who unmasked Stalinism
David King exposed Uncle Joe’s attempts to rewrite the historical record
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China’s supernova cities
By 2020, the Chinese government hopes to have a new and national Social Credit System (SCS) ready.
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Smart Design: rethinking packaging
How electronic packs for pharmaceuticals work with mobile IT to improve patient adherence to medication regimens
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Colour, brands and identity in tomorrow’s cities
In London, they brought the fluid neon colours back. For more than 50 years, the moving, illuminated electronic liquid of Lucozade, an energy drink, inspired motorists driving above down-at-heel Brentford, as they reached the western approaches of Britain’s capital at night
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Big Potatoes: The London Manifesto for Innovation
In Britain and America, the phrase ‘big potatoes’ is used to describe things or events that are deemed significant. Published in Mandarin
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Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation
In Britain and America, the phrase ‘big potatoes’ is used to describe things or events that are deemed significant. Here is the English second edition
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Energise!
Before the financial crisis of autumn 2008, soaring Chinese demand for oil led some commentators to predict a rosy future for renewable energy.
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The McDonaldization of Higher Education
The term McDonaldization was coined by George Ritzer in 1993 and is a valuable tool for providing a theoretical and practical debate concerning novel and defining features of our contemporary world.
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Education as entertainment
At first sight there ought to be nothing contentious about the idea of education as entertainment. Who, after all, has not been entertained, at least once in their life, by a great teacher – has not been diverted by the teacher’s wit, enthusiasm, bearing, tone of voice, turn of phrase or use of eye contact?
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Why is construction so backward?
Construction is vital both to Gross Domestic Product and to today’s politics. Prime Minister Tony Blair himself chairs a cabinet committee on the Thames Gateway development, to the east of London.
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Digital Visions: Cult IT
Are the claims made for Digital Technology accurate? And if not, why is the arts world so anxious to embrace IT as the latest must-have fashion accessory?
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1995
Detailed editing of a book written by John Gillott and Manjit Kumar
Science and the retreat from reason
1986
Detailed editing of a book written by James Cousins
Summer 1983
Word processing manual for the Commodore 64 computer
1982
With Terry Cottle
Central to design, central to industry
Instruction manual for the Neff B1691 oven
In defence of the Enlightenment
Three of the major breakthroughs of the Renaissance and of the Enlightenment – rationalism, humanism and universalism – are under threat from dark and pessimistic forces in society today.
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Victor Papanek: pioneer of patronising design
Review of Papanek, Design for the real world: human ecology and social change, second edition, Thames & Hudson, 1985
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Robots
With Stephen Bayley
Einstein: The First Hundred Years
Einstein: The First Hundred Years presents the great contribution of Albert Einstein to the development of science
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#IOPC IN THE NEWS AGAIN. Pix: DG Rachel Watson; Acting Deputy DG Kathie Cashell;
Amanda Rowe and Steve Noonann, both Acting Directors, Operations.
That's a lot of acting! No wonder the IOPC's report never saw the light of day.
Are we a bit flaccid, perhaps?
A dubious editorial decision by the Daily Mail that risks glorifying one of the most evil men in history. Who cares about his air fryer recipes?