Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Mark

Turning back the clocks denotes one old tradition, Halloween. It’s origins date back from the ancient festival known as Samhain (pronounced sow-in or sau-an), which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly “summer’s end”. For me, it’s the appeal of finding those extra pair of werewolf feet from a pound store, it’s rekindles my earliest memories of watching Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby, running stage right from a Blue Peter made ghoul.
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Tags: Antonio Cagianelli, Corridor, Halloween Design, PAD London, Phil Nutley, Skulls
Posted in Design, Editor of the Month
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Mark
The phone call suggested we take a last minute free space at 100% Design on the main boulevard. It was a tempting offer, but what shall we do with the space, and in less than three weeks?
The 100% Design show attracts over 35,000 people annually, so the thought of trying to harness the creative thinking and energy that passes through the space, was the ambition.
Entitled The Blank of Ideas, we invited several leading industry experts from design backgrounds, to put forward socially provocative questions. We would turn the negative space into a social thinking hub.
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Tags: 100% Design, Corridor, Emily Campbell, Kevin Gavaghan, RSA, Spirit of Creation, “What if designers left the job half done?”
Posted in Design, Eco, Events, Interiors, Materials