Better Together
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One of the most stimulating projects that we are working on at Hemingway Design right now is with McDonald’s. Yes, McDonald’s – the company whose name, when I first mention…
2011
More Bang Than Buck
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In recent years, the public has watched as scandals have arrived, like tsunamis, in huge waves. Economies cannot function without healthy banks, yet in the banking crisis of 2008 many of our financial institutions seemed intent on self-destruction. Governments cannot lead without a basic respect for the political process, yet in the expenses debacle of 2009 many politicians seemed bent on befouling the entire political class.
Rise Of The Radical
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Those who propose alternative ways forward for society often find that if their ideas deviate more than a few degrees from ‘business as usual’, they are dismissed as radical. If the ideas involve u-turns, then they are dubbed dangerous. But I believe that many supposedly radical ideas currently under public debate are coming close to being inescapable outcomes. Let me illustrate my argument with alternatives being proposed first to oil dependency, second to the current banking system and third, to economic growth.
Making It Big
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We see a lot of talent at the London College of Fashion. That’s what we are about – nurturing future world leaders of fashion. I am privileged to see talented young designers at the birth of their career. But watching students progress through the college, and looking at their experiences afterwards, I know that success demands a great deal more than just talent.
Life In The Bike Lane
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Phil Goodwin, Professor of Transport Policy at the University of the West of England, has written in Local Transport Today that that fewer young people are learning to drive.…
Model Behaviour
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Lonneke Engel is a genuine supermodel. For almost two decades the impressively versatile Dutch beauty has worked with the world’s leading photographers and designers. She’s represented everyone from Covergirl to…
Go With The Flow
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Over the years that I’ve been writing a column for Sublime, I have been quietly beavering away in the background on a social venture called Ecoinomy. (Not so quietly now; there is an article elsewhere in this issue that explains how Ecoinomy aims to make the most of using less).
Acts of Mercy
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The Dadaab Refugee Camps are three small plots of fenced-off earth in Kenya covering an area of approximately 50km2. The compounds hold an estimated 400,000 individuals, largely Somalis, who have…
A Passion For Nature
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They say life is about finding the work that brings out the best in you, and doing it with all that you are. While many of us would agree, it’s…
