Issue 29 Maximise – Sublime

Better Together

Wayne Hemingway — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:13:19 +0000

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 we are working with them, makes people give me a look of sheer incredulity. But when I go on to say that our project with...

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More Bang Than Buck

Jeremy Leggett — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:56:54 +0000

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.

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Making It Big

Frances Corner — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:36:42 +0000

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.

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Go With The Flow

John Grant — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:04:22 +0000

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).

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Acts of Mercy

laurasan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:39:09 +0000

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 fled famine and genocide. According to Médecins Sans Frontières, the number of refugees in the Dadaab camps is likely to increase to 450,000 by the...

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A Passion For Nature

laurasan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:42:54 +0000

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 a wonder so few of us truly live up to this aspiration. Heinrich van den Berg has done just that. He has pursued his passion,...

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Brazilian Soul

laurasan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:37:18 +0000

From leather made of recycled fish skin to quilting fashioned from recycled plastic, Brazilian fashion label Osklen has consistently placed itself at the leading edge of ethical and environmentally friendly fashion. Founder Oskar Metsavaht trod a less-than-conventional path to the door of international sartorial stardom by training as an orthopaedic doctor. But in 1997...

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Rebuilding Japan

laurasan — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:28:03 +0000

Japan is still reeling from its greatest national disaster since the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaski in 1945. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami of 11 March 2011 devastated the northern Tohoku region of Honshu, leaving more than 27,000 people dead and 173,000 homeless. The cost of the damage is estimated at $309bn. The longer-term repercussions will be considerable as the Japanese completely readdress population dispersal and urban design.

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The Boy Mir

Laura Santamaria — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:01:02 +0000

The Brighton-based film-maker decided to travel to Afghanistan after being haunted by a newspaper article about a US aircraft accidentally firing on an Afghan wedding. The pilot had reacted to a flash of celebratory gunfire, and turned a day of dancing and joy into one of misery as dozens were injured or lost their lives....

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The Selfish Society

laurasan — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:54:00 +0000

A pyschotherapist, Gerhardt looks at how our society, culture and politics got to where they are today, and her diagnosis – that individualism has confused material well-being for happiness, that community, care and family have been superceded by self-interest, self-absorption and self-centredness – is succint and timely. The forces of the late stages of capitalism, Gerhardt argues,...

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