11 October 2011 | The Independent

The end is nigh: is survival all we can hope for?

In their policies for energy and for the economy, British politicians hold up continued existence as the maximum goal we should strive for

10 October 2011 | spiked

Is Britain drowning in too much packaging?

The wrapping that our food, mod-cons and medications come in is not 'evil' - it is a product of civilisation

7 September 2011 | Design Week, 20 April 1990

Straddling both art and design: an interview with Milton Glaser

Milt Glaser put Bob Dylan in silhouette on a memorable poster (1967), and designed the red-hearted I Love NY logo (1975). Now the subject of a Sky Arts documentary, I talked to him 20 years ago

28 April 2011 | Akzo book on colour, forthcoming

Cities and colour

How colour will likely change the urban landscape in future 135kB

| spiked review of books

One year on: learning the lessons of Deepwater Horizon

BP became so obsessed with irrational management practices and petty health-and-safety measures that it overlooked the real safety of its workers

20 April 2011 | the next step, 15 July 1988

Remembering Piper Alpha

A year after the explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, an earlier, much deadlier blast in British waters still has plenty of relevance

30 March 2011 | spiked

Budgeting for a dismal no-growth future

For all their talk of innovation, the Lib-Cons are more concerned with pinching pennies than investing

13 March 2011 | How To Run A Successful Design Business (Gower, 2011).

Management issues for design businesses

To win through with clients, designers need to master future trends, communicate their ideas with the maximum clarity, do good research, and also closely follow developments in innovation and marketing 102kB

| How To Run A Successful Design Business (Gower, 2011)

The future of design

In new products and services, an orientation to realism and to engineering in its broadest sense will ensure that design's answers are substantive, not superficial 111kB

24 November 2010 | The Listener, 13 November 1986

Danger: pods at work

IT is a wonderful thing – but in certain conditions, it can desensitise

| Design Week, 16 August 1991

Old Master

Even in his late seventies, the late American graphics giant Paul Rand did working days at the most energetic pace. For creatives everywhere, he remains an example

7 October 2010 | spiked

A very conservative approach to innovation

The Lib-Con coalition is more concerned with controlling behaviour than forging a brave, hi-tech future

21 September 2010 | White Paper for Brother UK

The UK if everything was nearly half as much bigger

A UK that's 41 per cent more innovative will not be simple to construct, but will be a radically different kind of place

27 August 2010 | spiked review of books

‘Lifestyles will have to be redesigned'

A Guardian journalist’s ranting about the ‘neglect, greed and human filth’ of modern China shows that new prejudices about a Green Peril have replaced old fears of the Yellow Peril

12 August 2010 | spiked

Don’t let the miserabilists clip humanity’s wings

Flight is one of man’s greatest achievements. Let’s challenge the greens and officials who want to snuff it out