12 Mar 2009
by mashadutoit
in books
Tags: Abhorsen, fantasy, Garth Nix, His Dark Materials, Lireal, Phillip Pullman, Sabriel
My colleague Richard is in the throes of finishing his masters. Or rather – he should be. I am not allowed to give him any distracting books to read. In the mean time, I’m compiling a list for him to enjoy once that masters is submitted.
I’ve already got Richard to read Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” series. These are easily the best books I’ve ever read. You can read more about them here.
So, Richard, if you liked those ones, you will definitely love Phillip Pullman’s “Sally Lockhart” series. Four books follow the life of a young orphaned girls in Dickensian London. Sound a bit humdrum? Just read the first paragraph: More
08 Mar 2009
by mashadutoit
in Opinions & reviews, Design Indaba
Tags: Design Indaba, frank tjepkama, tjep
Frank Tjepkema’s presentation started quite strangely. He showed us images of Holland as it might be in the future – a model of a sustainable city farm, its lack of warmth possibly caused by the inhumanely smooth computer generated graphics.
Frank Tjepkama then moved away from this slightly worrying vision of the future, and continued a theme that was apparent in many of the previous speakers – that of design that is concerned with the personal and the warmly human. More
08 Mar 2009
by mashadutoit
in Design Indaba, Inspiration, Opinions & reviews
Tags: Design Indaba, Marcell Wanders
Marcell Wanders did not so much talk as dance us through his presentation. We needed this sparking energy to revive us at the end of the long second day of the Design Indaba.
Here is another designer who’s presence dominated the occasion. He looked like a smooth and charming Lucifer, complete with casual jeans, jacket and a string of pearls. And the work he showed us spoke of a world of temptations and luxury most of us can only dream of. More
03 Mar 2009
by mashadutoit
in Design Indaba, Opinions & reviews
One of the unexpected aspects of the Design Indaba was the impact that the speakers personality made on my perception of their work. Some people did not make much impact. Others fascinated us from the beginning with their presence. Such a one was Patricia Urquiola :
From the first moment she charmed the audience with her seemingly chaotic and warm manner. Like Dai Fujiwara, her broken english helped her to express herself more forcefully than the native English speakers. More
01 Mar 2009
by mashadutoit
in Design Indaba, Opinions & reviews
Tags: 5.5, Design Indaba
The 5.5 designers are Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé, and Claire Renard – a group of young french designers.
Here I have to admit a strong prejudice. I found their presentation intensely irritating. Even so, the work was interesting and looking through their site there is much to see. More
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