For what has felt like much of the summer I’ve been involved in the Global Arts Project, a…
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Sorry, but no
I got off the bus yesterday to photograph this cone arrangement in a local school’s sports field –…
![No trespassing](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/No-tresspassing-5secs-150x150.gif)
No trespassing
A while back I made a short film called Event Horizon, about London’s North & South Circular. In…
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Form and materiality
I’ve been thinking about the form and materiality of some of the obstructions. I have actually been interested in…
![Objects and things](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Encountering-Things-Symposium-600x450.jpg)
Objects and things
With obstructions in mind, together with recent conversations about our year 2 symposium, I was particularly interested yesterday…
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Public Realm Announcement
This is the three minute slide presentation I made on 5 June about Public Realm, the term used…
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Presentation on 5 June 2018
Context gif of obstructions to introduce specific idea in forthcoming presentation.
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Get your obstructions here
I’m contemplating options for my three minute presentation next week, and felt I had to mention the site…
![Draft paper submission 29 May 2018](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Obstructions_cover-600x849.jpg)
Draft paper submission 29 May 2018
Draft paper entitled OBSTRUCTIONS: The language of material obstructions and what they tell us about our public spaces….
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The presence of objects as obstacles
I’m writing and gathering images for the draft paper now. Its title is somewhere in the vicinity of:…
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Beer label news
BTW: my beer labels No Ball Games, Idle Free Zone and Permit Holders Only on the CSM Extra…
![Obstructions](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_8702-e1526938777323-600x900.jpg)
Obstructions
Since sketching the quick zine of Obstructions in the workshop the other day, I went out to photograph…
![Workshop](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Workshop-studio-pic-600x450.jpg)
Workshop
Workshop with Emily Smith and Prem Krishnamurphy, in which we worked on each other’s 150 word excerpts (from…
![Relative Spaces](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Relative-Spaces-new_1-1-600x800.jpg)
Relative Spaces
I’d been reading through the Lefebvre books about how we share and consume space and it brought to…
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Common land
At the weekend I cycled to the Olympic Park and beyond, along the canal towpaths of the Lee…
![The public realm](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/IMG_3400-600x450.jpg)
The public realm
I’ve been researching what the use of prohibitive semiotics tells us about what we regard as public spaces;…
![The potential for misinterpretation](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Your-consent-is-implied-600x424.jpg)
The potential for misinterpretation
Experimental sign interventions: what they’re really saying – or what we’re really thinking.
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New Town Utopia
I went to see this in the West End on a sunny Sunday evening over the spring bank…
![No Ball Games](http://www.everythingmustbebeautiful.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1-can-600x400.jpg)
No Ball Games
My No signs are now appearing on the new CSM X Hammerton beer cans! A limited edition for…
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Trust
I’ve been musing on the four potential questions, gaps, holes and bridges that may have emerged from the…