Category: Design

David Hockney and the pixel.

Posted on 31st January 2012 by Jonathan Madden

Last week I popped along to the Alan Cristea Gallery to see a small David Hockney retrospective. Nothing strange in that you may say, particularly at this time of Hockney mania at the RA and elsewhere. But when I looked … read more

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Predatory thinking saves lives (part 1)

Posted on 28th November 2011 by Nick Daniel

Last year an invention designed by Dr Rynd killed roughly 1.3m people worldwide.
Actually his invention was designed to cure, not kill, and has saved the lives of billions. He’s a science hero… read more

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Kenneth Grange. The man who changed my world.

Posted on 14th September 2011 by Jonathan Madden

Domestic life in a London suburb during the late fifties and sixties wasn’t that bright, it was filled with stuff like: big black bakelite telephones, enormous radios, dodgy lampshades with fringes, candlewick bedspreads, tiny TV’S, (if you could afford to rent one), heavily varnished paintwork, patterned carpets and the ubiquitous linoleum. Then one Saturday afternoon in 1966, when I was twelve, my view of the world suddenly changed forever… read more

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Esoteric London

Posted on 15th December 2010 by Jonathan Madden

I have a fascination with all things London so, when my friend came and told me he was setting up esotericlondon.com I jumped at the chance to do the logo. read more

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Storm in a D cup?

Posted on 23rd November 2010 by Frances Gibbs

A great example of why bra ads should be written by women… read more

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Process, The working practices of Barney Bubbles

Posted on 9th November 2010 by Jonathan Madden

I recently attended an exhibition at The Chelsea School of Art called ‘Process, The working practices of Barney Bubbles’. read more

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