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Camouflage

Published in September 2007, this article is a review of the Camouflage exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum.

This essay was produced for the catalogue for the Six Cities Design Festival. It concerns the importance of making in the act of design — a strong philosophy behind the development of the Claystation series of events. “Claystation – Remodelling Scotland, Published and Distributed by The Lighthouse, Scotland’s Centre for Architecture. ISBN 1–905061-11–0

Olympic Branding

A feature story about the venerable history of Olympic branding and the awful London 2012 effort. Published in Modern Weekly August, 2007.

Playing With Food

A visit to “Eat London” — a festival of food and creativity in Trafalgar Square, and an introduction to food and cooking processes in contemporary design. Published in Modern Weekly Lifestyle June 2007.

2007 Milan Review

“If you like my Clay chairs, you must be a Good Guy” Maarten Baas.

This was the first full scale review I did of the Milan Furniture Fair. I continued to write regular reviews for Chinese publications for around 10 years. It was always a rush to get to interviews during these years as I was also putting on exhibitions with my students, but all this adds to the excitement of the fair! The best bit was meeting designers whom I admired. It was great to get Maarten Baas on the front cover of the magazine (even using my amateur portrait!) as the covers of MW are typically reserved for Hollywood celebs.

Seats of Learning – A Template for Design Modelling

A paper presented at 4^th Engineering and Product Design Education International Conference, Salzburg, Austria. Published in Educating Designers for a Global Context, Rothbucher, B., Kolar, M., Ion, B. and Clarke, A. (Eds.), Hadleys, UK 2006
ISBN 0955394201

Phaidon Design Classics

I contributed 20 entries to the Phaidon Design Classics project (published January 2006). This was an epic publication which came in a strangely impractical kind of frame/carrier which I believe was designed by Konstantin Grcic.

Claystation – Design Modelling and Creativity

A paper presented at the 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference, 15–16 September 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-author: Alex Milton. Subsequently printed in the book Crossing Design Boundaries, edited By Paul Rodgers, Libby Brodhurst, Duncan Hepburn

Smoke and Miros — Design and Magic

This paper looks at the connection between magic and creativity. The content was evolved at a Design Transformation Group conference.
This paper was presented at The 4th International Conference on Design and Emotion, 12^th-14^th June, 2004, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Co-Authors: Alex Milton, Cris Degroot, Debbie Wythe.

Play, Four Days and a 1/4 ton of Clay

This paper explores the use of play as a catalyst for creativity.
Presented at The 4th International Conference on Design and Emotion, 12^th-14^th June, 2004, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

Co-Author: Alex Milton, Edinburgh College of Art