Speaking at ‘Jewellery Futures Symposium’ – Globalisation, Mobility and Migration

At the end of last week, I was invited by the School of Jewellery at Birmingham City University to speak … More

MEd Academic Practice – My (Global) Reflections 1

As part of the three modules I am completing for the Masters in Education (MEd) in Academic Practice, there is … More

One Second Every Day

For the past two years Director Cesar Kuriyama has been recording one second every day from his life, editing them … More

“Behind the Great Firewall of China”

…is a TED talk by Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao), a key figure in China’s new journalism. He explores the … More

“Perspective is everything”

Nothing like a TED talk to start PhD Wednesday…this time by Rory Sutherland with the presentation ‘Perspective is everything’. I … More

The museum as “bubble” – the museum as public space

I started today with the TED talk ‘A giant bubble for debate’ by architect Liz Diller from her firm DILLER … More

Body architecture – let me sweat

PhD Wednesday is in full swing…and it started with the TED Talk ‘How can technology transform the human body?’ by … More

Shared Absurdity…

I came across this playful TED talk today by Charlie Todd called ‘The Shared Experience of Absurdity’. Todd creates ‘bizarre, … More

From typography to paper…back in “practice”

Pathway teaching has begun at AIVA and from the 21 students enrolled, I have 6 for Visual Communication…however zero for … More

“We are all different…”

This week, I came across the talk ‘The generation that’s remaking China’ by Yang Lan on TED. It links in … More