A couple of weeks ago Saal Digital asked me to review one of their book products. Eager to start seeing some of my images in print, it was a great chance for me to self-publish quickly and easily without the hassle of understanding the ins and outs of graphic design and printing.
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Photographs from the British South Coast /
Last week my friend and I decided we needed a few days out of the London megatropolis. We got a good rest, jumped on a train with a our bicycles and took off down south.
Read MoreImitate to innovate: Vitoria-Gasteiz shows how cities can address 21st century challenges /
A few weeks ago I had the chance to travel down to Vitoria-Gasteiz with the European Commission, and in collaboration with the German NGO for sustainability, Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD). Basically, the idea was...
Read MoreAre England's seaside arcades a thing of the past? /
Are amusement arcades a timeless piece of English culture, or are they nothing nothing more than outdated and tacky relics of the past?
Read MoreI wandered around Singapore. Here are my thoughts on the city. /
If the city had a little less cars, a few more bikes and made a bit more effort in place making and public space creation, it'd make all the difference.
Read MoreWithout Urban Strategy, is Australia Planning to Fail? /
With the end of the resources boom in sight, perhaps it’s time ‘the lucky country’ took a long, hard look at its urban agenda...
Read MoreAustralia’s political Dark Age: the spark for action /
The outcome of Australia’s recent federal election isn’t just disappointing. As an Australian, I think it’s shameful.
Read MoreChi Raq, Chicago /
Since 2001 the death toll from violence in Chicago as more or less mirrored the number of losses experienced by the US Army in the Iraq war during the same period.
Read MoreLet me tell you about a really strange place... Kowloon Walled City /
The walled city became a largely ungoverned district of Hong Kong when the New Territories were given to Britain in the late 19th Century.
Read MoreThis is Mae La, Thailand... /
A few years ago I spent some time in a refugee camp for indigenous Burmese fleeing across the border into Thailand, so when I found this film below on a similar camp a few hours north, I felt compelled to share.
Read MoreFloating favela graffiti, são paulo /
The artists, whose name comes from the Portuguese for 'buena mezcla' ('good mixture'), worked with residents to paint and reface the winding 'vecos' and 'vielas' of the favela with uplifting messages.
Read MoreRe-thinking Architecture in Manilla /
As much as I love a cool bit of design for the sake of design, I'm much more interested in design which innovates the way we live. Today, we are faced with major environmental challenges, and it's important that everything we create seeks to improve the world we live in - even if these ideas are super simple.
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