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Where are the women?
On Friday I attended Collaborate Bristol. I’d like to share some key takeaways and ask you a question: Jason Mesut talked about the importance of getting to know yourself first if …
In conversation with Tenny Pinheiro: service design and entrepreneurship
I’d like to introduce you all to Tenny Pinheiro. Tenny lives in San Francisco, CA. He is the author of three books on Design Thinking and Service Design, his latest …
The formidable Glenda Jackson
I’ve not read many biographies but when I finished this one I wanted to start reading it all over again immediately. Reading is something I’m giving priority right now – …
I want to hold your hand
Last week I listened to Something understood, Holding Hands whilst trying to get to sleep, and since then I’ve been thinking about hands – hands I’ve held and hands that I miss …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Dear design students
It’s hardly a secret, but there are thousands of design students in the world. Advice and opportunities are everywhere. Education and learning are very very important to me. I used …
Redjotter reflections
Dear 2011, You have been a whirlwind so far; catapulting me from highs and laughter to worries and sleepless nights. You have been a year of questions. Making me think …
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 …
Virtual Enterprise Thinks
The Virtual Enterprise Conference was a treat ( unfortunately I wasn’t quite south enough to hear a Welsh accent – but the thought was there!) Matthew has wrapped it up …
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