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Strike Your Pose
Strike Your Pose and then turn it into jewellery. This is the brainchild of Leah Black and it’s simply brilliant. Of course the secret ingredient is a good pose and …
Cloudbusting, Kite Flying and Star gazing
Dundee is a magnificent city that faces extraordinary challenges and last week I spent a day talking and thinking about how the creative and cultural sector can help tackle those …
Whatever the problem, community is the answer!
I attended the first in the new series of events for the Centre for Confidence and Well Being’s Ideas Academy last week, entitled “Whatever the Problem, Community is the Answer” led by Margaret …
Death: A Festival for the Living
This weekend I travelled down to London to be part of a festival at the South Bank Centre. “This festival celebrates something we all have in common. Death is a subject …
Snook is hiring!
A little sign of why things have been so quiet on redjotter – Snook is hiring! We are working on some great projects and growing our team! Find out more …
Edit 2011: dig
This is Edit for the 10th time around, but the for the first time in the beautiful and mysterious area of Røros. It is an old mining town so the …
Scotland’s Social Crowdfunding Launch
At the start of the year ( through the phenomenon that is Global Service Jam ) I met an awesome lady called Kirsty Burnham. This week has been a rollercoaster …
Community Lover’s Guide To The Universe ( oh, and Glasgow )
The idea for Community Lover’s Guide to the Universe was conceived in Rotterdam in April 2011 by Tessy Britton and Maurice Specht. Following the fantastic response to the collaborative book …
Here’s tae us; wha’s like us?
Andrea Peach, a lecturer and craft historian at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen, is writing an academic paper entitled “Contemporary Craft and the Commodification of National Identity in Scotland …
The power of empathy
Three years ago today I was teaching first year design students at The University of Dundee. Those students are now going into fourth year. I am delighted that many of …
My advice to all art school students
All around the UK, Universities are welcoming their first year students through their doors – bright eyed, bushy tailed and facing a lifetime of debt, Mike Press is one of …
Snook are hiring
Me and my fellow Snookettes are on the hunt for a graphic designer with a social conscious ! Download the details here and get in touch!
JISC CETIS Relationship Management Meeting – Service Design Session
This week I facilitated an intoductory session to Service Design for staff from Universities across the UK. This was the first time I have ever delivered a workshop from the …
Where is the public in public health?
Whose health is it anyway? was the question posed by a panel of public health experts at the Aye Write festival. “Glasgow has the record as ‘the sick man of …
Changin Scotland
I first heard of Changin Scotland ( yes no ‘g’ and no apostrophe ) from Geoff Huggins who has been attending the event for a few years now. Although on …
