Researchers at the Nippon Medical School in Japan compared data on the percentage of forest coverage in all prefectures and cancer mortality rates provided by the Ministry of Health. Even after they had controlled for smoking and socioeconomic factors, higher forest coverage within prefectures provided […]
“The contemplative mind is overwhelmed by the noisy worlds mechanical busyness” Leo Marx The Machine in the Garden We are increasingly worried, some might say terrified, about what our machines are doing to our minds. There is good reason for this as technology does, and […]
Most mornings are the same. The thought of a hot cup of tea and marmite on toast tears me away from the security of my sheets. I eat in bed whilst I watch something, and then I get dressed. Fed, relaxed,and clothed, there’s one other […]
I was commissioned by the always fabulous Bittersuite to create a Listening Pod as part of their final output for their residency with the Institute of Imagination. Bittersuite, a company that uses multi-sensory experiences to explore music and emotions, took up a four-month cultural residency […]
Just had the most incredible week on an install in Tulsa building a new large scale Pod. I think of these bigger ones as Sensory Concentration Spaces, building on the one I created for Unilever in the past. It’s about creating a blank space where […]
I’m working on a concept to create tables using some beautiful recycled glass sheet I have recently come across. I’m trying to create a design which will require no glue or screws, and right now I’m wondering if any of the research I did in […]
How can our culture and technology cultivate and celebrate the power of empathy? Empathy, the ability to share someone else’s feelings, is arguably the most important trait humans demonstrate. It allows us to love, learn, communicate, cooperate and live in a successful society. Simply ‘connecting’ […]
It’s going to be hard for this year to get much better then this, it may have peaked. I am currently sitting in Cape Town in my second hotel room in as many weeks, in a rare break from the intense schedule of the YPO […]
Here are the pictures from the big walk that concluded out residency in Canada this Winter, and beautiful little video of our process, both by the very talented Sandrine Beaud. It was a cold, freezing in fact, day, and really pushed us all hard, but it […]
The CitySkin is complete! After 7 full working days with no distractions what so ever the prototype skin is finished and ready for it’s test run on Monday. Both Steph and I are surprised and delighted to have it all finished on Friday so we […]
Who doesn’t enjoy getting some nice fresh 3D prints back? I designed some custom clips to hold the various sample collectors and components to the main body, which I also started cutting out today. I also made the prototype sweat collector which will go under […]
