Things we have in our homes Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful _ …
Irrational Humans Living in Strange Times
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Homes For Life, And A Lifetime
My garden backs onto sheltered housing – designed for people aged over 55. These compact, purpose-built bungalow homes each have with their own front door …
Energy Costs – The Bleak Reality
News this week that the UK government has (finally) recognised the need to help people with their energy bills is welcome indeed. The governor of the Bank of England states: …
Interior Design Masters? I Don’t Think So!
BBC’s Interior Design Masters is yet another quick fix, staples, glue, centrepiece, wow factor, TV game show. From this, viewers will think ‘interior design’ is about shoddy craftsmanship, …
Surfaces, Materiality and Light
Surfaces of Light I know this room so well and yet through every season it looks very different. Light has the power to transform an …
War – And The Place We Call Home
Disturbing images from war-torn Ukraine show just how fragile our home life can be. For anyone. In war, our home can be lost to us in …
Geography And The Lived Experience Of Design.
Space, Geography, Interior Design – and everything in between There is much more to interior design than a ‘beautiful home’. People tend to assume interior …
Grayson’s Art Club: An Exploration of Stories, Home And People.
Grayson’s Artclub – TV series and exhibition. April 2020, in the middle of Lockdown 1, Grayson’s Artclub first appeared on our TV screens. A masterstroke of …
How Storehouse Belfast Responded To Need: Home, Place and Community.
This article is based on featured interview: (Storehouse Belfast Interview with Alan Carson) On a sunny Saturday the grounds of City Hall, Belfast attracts a …
All The Time I’m Walking, I’m Thinking
Walking is not just exercise. In the first lockdown we remember how the roads were quiet, the birds were singing and the weather was great. Amidst …