Over 250 showrooms, studios, galleries, workshops and exhibition venues open their doors tomorrow as Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) launches its fourth successful edition. A one-stop destination to see the latest industry trends, innovations and product launches, the festival promises a packed schedule of exhibitions, debates, seminars and networking events, bringing together the leading figures from the world of design and … Continue reading
Category Archives: So This Just Happened
So This Just Happened_ Praxis Makes Perfect
So, this just happened… A secret location near Cardiff city centre (a warehouse just behind Central Station) hosted the first performance based on the new album by Neon Neon, the musical partnership of Super Furry Animals front man Gruff Rhys and the American producer Boom Bip. Praxis Makes Perfect, a collab with National Theatre Wales that … Continue reading
So This Just Happened_ The Opening Of The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
After queuing in the rain on this cold April night, we made our way inside the Rijksmuseum just before midnight, along with several hundred or so other art lovers. Celebrating the opening of this national monument after it had been closed for 10 years for renovation, we were happy to be part of this … Continue reading
The Starman Cometh…
Pop icon David Robert Jones is one of the most influential performers of modern times and is being celebrated with the first international retrospective in London, UK. You may not know him by that name, so how about The Thin White Duke…? The Starman…? Ziggy Stardust…? If not, then David Bowie? Ah. Curated by the … Continue reading
Create Your Future Nostalgia
If you can remember a time before Instagram, there was – and still very much, is – another way of making photographs all nostalgia-tinged, sunshiney and imbued with an ambience that playfully whispers ‘my life is definitely cooler and more fun than yours.’ If you haven’t got on board the Lomo train and you’re in … Continue reading
Highbrow Thinking From The Low-Tech Factory
Come see, play and debate at Hotel Droog, Amsterdam on March 21st 2013… Highbrow Thinking from the Low-Tech Factory – read more on Second Sight‘s blog. Continue reading
Engagement @ 4.0…
The Second Sight Saturday session #1 starts with introductions – a small, mixed group with varied professional and personal backgrounds including politics, design, publishing, comms and advertising, all from the Netherlands… and me. A good start. We hear from course leaders Andrea Wiegman and Truus Dokter who speak about their careers in Trends, about Second … Continue reading
Second Sight Trend Forecasting Course Day #1
You know that feeling when your mind has been blown and simultaneously switched on…?! Well THAT. (A more coherent summary to follow… mayby!) Continue reading