Blog
Here, I explore anything that captures my interest, always with a connection to design. From historic tools and honest design to the athlete mentality and personal development.
This is an open space to formulate ideas, discover new movements, and grow my personal design language.
Nostalgia: 2016 vs 2026
It’s easy to look back with rose tinted lenses and think of simpler times, but in actuality we’re so close to this amazing life we all dream of. We just need to start experiencing again. Start making things happen.
Needs, wants and survival.
The UK’s GDP has doubled since 1971. The World’s has increased 5-fold since then. You feel like you’re in a better financial situation, don’t you? For most of us, the answer is no.
Good Design is Honest
I wrote 2 whole pages of blog, tried to drag in a photo and it deleted everything. Pretty annoyed. I’ll come back to this when I have the mental strength to do so.
“Made to be worn”
It’s the reason why we use ceramic plates instead of colourful paper ones, high-class technology instead of low-cost clunky machines. We’ve become slaves to instant gratification, impulse purchases. It’s time to invest in ourselves and our environments.
Wear the things that are made to be worn, enjoy the things that are meant to be enjoyed.
Favourites - why they need more respect
The end goal isn’t to have a bullet-pointed list of your favourite things, it’s the personal development that comes from trying to find them out.
The dawn of human centred design? - Inuit Sun Goggles
Have you ever been prevented from travelling somewhere due to the conditions of the environment?
Around 2000 years ago, the Inuit people came up with a solution.