Brutalist architecture

Article — 7 November 2016 — 1,092 words

The perils of the ‘launch and leave’ approach to project management

Architecture — Digital — User experience

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.

Article — 14 October 2016 — 964 words

The vital lesson digital designers must learn from architecture’s postwar mistakes

Digital — User experience

Like the mid-century modernists, today’s digital designers are creating the future. Some digital designers are making the same fundamental mistakes.

Article — 23 March 2014 — 1,293 words

Can web design really learn from brutalist architecture?

Architecture — User experience — Web

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.

Article — 20 May 2013 — 337 words

Tayside House demolition

Architecture

One of Dundee’s most notable buildings currently undergoing demolition.

Article — 30 January 2012 — 674 words

Brutalism: Post-War British Architecture

Architecture

I have found myself developing an interest in brutalism, the style of architecture that was predominant in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. I have had a slight interest in modern architecture in the past, but I am finding myself increasingly drawn to brutalist structures and other buildings from this era. It is not just the […]