Tag Archives: design

Living Inside Dead Turtles.

Posted on April 24, 2012 by cosmopolitanscum

What is happening in this image below, badly captured on my phone? Is it a picture of a man under threat from a natural disaster? Is it a warning? If it is, what is it a warning against? The man … Continue reading →

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Open Source Design

Posted on August 30, 2011 by cosmopolitanscum

London’s design scene has been dominated by designers working with craft techniques such as knitting. This has led to a kind of fetishisation of the handmade, a strange pre-reccession moment when the market for one-off handmade design bizarrely fed into a … Continue reading →

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When Doves Fry

Posted on April 28, 2011 by cosmopolitanscum

A plan to ban fireworks from the Opening Ceremony of the games, prompted IOC President Jacques Rogge into prolonged reminiscence about a salutary tale from the annals of Olympic history. Rogge, one of the rare members of the IOC to … Continue reading →

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A Cathedral Dedicated to Excrement

Posted on October 1, 2010 by cosmopolitanscum

As London’s sewer system accepts into its gaping maw a huge autumnal deluge, it is worth sparing a thought for those who created it. The Metropolitan Board of Works was created in 1855 to improve the cities infrastructure ‘under the … Continue reading →

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