Earlier this month I was invited to speak on behalf of Futurecity at the Bains Numeriques festival in Enghien-les-Bains just north of Paris.
One of the things I’ve returned from sabbatical determined to do, is learn to code.
This is an old model that I produced in the mid noughties. It describes the role of public funding bodies, or any other arbiter or intermediary, taken in searching and developing creativity. Creativity Filter from Andrew Missingham
From my vantage point in Ubud, Bali, I see that people have been queuing for petrol back in the UK.
Many cityscapes are humdrum to the point of deadening banality. Identikit (often dying) high streets, underused public spaces, unimaginative landscaping and public realm.
When, as a teenager, I came back from “exile” in Suffolk to live in London and rejoin my mum and family, my younger brother Justin was a mad juggler. His favourites were the Flying Karamazov Brothers. Justin, being Justin really went for it. In the…
My yogini wife, Claire, introduced me once to the Buddhist concept of “the monkey mind”. It’s basically what I’ve got. Although I can focus when I need to, I’m easily distracted, and love nothing more than hopping from one branch of art, technology, culture and…
I’m working on a project for a large-scale new transport connection that’s going to have the effect of shrinking a major city. They’re looking for ways to communicate this idea. I first thought about the way Harry Beck’s tube map graphically illustrated this at the…
Before I start, I want to clarify why I call myself “independent” and not freelance. I never really liked the term “freelance”. It seems to suggest a powerlessness with no agenda of ones own, at worst desperately looking out for the next gig. When I…
