At the end of last week, I was invited by the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University to speak … More
Tag: design
MEd Academic Practice – Curriculum Design 3 (a pinch reflective)
This blog post comes a little late…well, most of my blog posts are at the moment. Let’s just say my … More
MEd Academic Practice – Curriculum Design 1
Back from a month of Asia, back from Summer hiatus, back to academia in full force. Yesterday was the first … More
Teaching Talk, Models, Pyramids & C.S Lewis…
One of my many hats (as you readers know) is as an arts educator where I am currently undertaking a … More
‘Natural Food Market’ Interior by Nanyang Design, Tianjin
At the end of last year, whilst researching and writing about the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong (AKA the Umbrella … More
Design: The Way We Dress ‘Simone Rocha: Hong Kong Dress’
In part, I see this blog as providing insight into my worlds, the worlds I research, negotiate, see, feel, hear, … More
Chinese Contemporary Art on Show (UK): August to October 2015
A few more exhibitions have appeared on my radar for the end of the summer, so I thought I’d write … More
Exhibition: ‘Unmanned Nature’ by Cai Guo-Qiang at The Whitworth
A couple of weekends ago, manaXi and I managed to catch ‘Unmanned Nature’ by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang on its final day … More
Chromatic Typewriter
Feeding my on-going love affair with typewriters (read more blog posts here) is the ‘Chromatic Typewriter’. Washington-based painter Tyree Callahan modified a 1937 … More
New china from China: Contemporary Chinese Ceramics and Glass Symposium
Last week was whirlwind. Five days spent working in five cities across the UK, where I only just managed to … More
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