Out of Office – Qingming Festival

I don’t often come into AIVA to teach on a Saturday…it’s only usually happens for one-off events, assessment periods, or … More

Architectural paper interludes

Today started with an early conversation (literally as soon as I sat down in the teaching office) with one of … More

Saturdays seem to turn into the Saturdays I used to experience during my New York days…hunting and seeking out art … More

On Monday afternoon, the emerging, female contemporary Chinese artist Lu Yang gave a lecture, including Q&A session, to the current … More

I’ve been back in Shanghai and teaching at AIVA for a week now. Jet lag is still not waning and … More

I thought it was about time I uploaded some photographs of my teaching sessions from this semester at the Academy … More

In the past week, I have come across all different types of design that reinvent traditional materials in a contemporary … More

Cats are very instinctive creatives…they know when something is wrong, or when you aren’t feeling too well…and I certainly did … More

Tuesday began like this… …a bit different from Monday morning’s smog. Tuesday also began with a little Rachel administration, work … More

This is my 100th blog post and it has come at quite a significant time, just at the point when … More