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Amazon Kindle edition. Contributing author and co-founder. When it was first published in January 2010, the Big Potatoes manifesto quickly created an international circle of enthusiasts – people who believed, and still believe, that the pace of technological innovation in the West is too slow. Now, a little later, what the Economist (12 January […]
Continue ReadingOriginally published on spiked. The Race Online 2012 campaign has just launched its Manifesto for a Networked Nation, which aims to get the entire adult UK population hooked up to the internet before the 2012 London Olympics. The campaign is spearheaded by Martha Lane Fox, a veteran of the online world, having co-founded the successful LastMinute.com […]
Continue ReadingVenue BA Hons Graphic Design students, Bristol Faculty of Creative Arts, University of the West of England. Designers are influencing change everywhere. We are told that ‘creative industries’ are a major boost to the economy; that ‘design-thinking’ is reforming the NHS; that better design can reduce consumption and protect the environment; that design research techniques […]
Continue ReadingOriginally published on spiked. Norway and the UK are among world leaders in spending on healthcare, but both countries are faced with a looming crisis. In Norway, the prospect of economic slowdown has led some to question whether the country’s famously generous welfare model is sustainable. In the UK, the prolonged recession has meant that […]
Continue ReadingVenue Designers Society talk, in association with Plymouth University Faculty of Art Plymouth. Designers are influencing change everywhere. We are told that ‘creative industries’ are a major boost to the economy; that ‘design-thinking’ is reforming the NHS; that better design can reduce consumption and protect the environment; that design research techniques can help the third […]
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