Lockdown projects — Month 2
As the lockdown continues, we’re continuing to find ways to keep ourselves busy.
Tag: Brutalist architecture
Lockdown projects — Month 1
Each weekend during lockdown, we’re trying to make at least one new thing. These are the little projects giving us a reason to get up at the weekends.
33 adventures in The Designers Republic
“On July 14th 1986 The Designers Republic was declared.” Celebrating 33 years of Brain Aided Design.
Visiting V&A Dundee — Dundee dares to dream
I had read some fairly mixed reviews about V&A Dundee — both the building and the exhibitions. So I had prepared myself to keep my excitement in order. In the end, I was largely delighted by both the building and the exhibitions.
The perils of the ‘launch and leave’ approach to project management
Our perspective on how a digital product should be managed is strongly influenced by our background and our role. That certainly helps explain some of the difficult conversations I have had over the years.
The vital lesson digital designers must learn from architecture’s postwar mistakes
Like the mid-century modernists, today’s digital designers are creating the future. Some digital designers are making the same fundamental mistakes.
Can web design really learn from brutalist architecture?
As a web designer with an interest in brutalist architecture, I was fascinated to read an article about what web designers can learn from brutalism. But perhaps instead of taking inspiration, perhaps the lessons are in what web designers should avoid.
Tayside House demolition
One of Dundee’s most notable buildings currently undergoing demolition.