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23.11.25 That Was The Week That Was — 23rd November 2025
Following an email from David Connor, Tutor for Architecture + Design at the University of Salford, I found myself on a train heading to …
16.11.25 That Was The Week That Was – 16th November 2025
This week saw me travel to New York for the third time this year. During the short three night trip myself and Gary Hustwit were revealing …
21.09.25 That Was The Week That Was – 21st September 2025
"You're very calm." One of the two sisters, and the one who wasn't as stressed as the other, said this to me as I sat on a bench at Leeds …
30.08.25 That Was The Week That Was – 30th August 2025
Bugs and Errors At the beginning of the week I noticed my site was peppered with errors and bugs. The latest version of PHP had thrown up …
24.07.25 Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor
Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor. This image was a throwaway remnant of a deeper process. Yet it appeals to me as a thing …
19.07.25 Eventually the blank must be filled in totally
Eventually the blank must be filled in totally.
13.07.25 Colossal Machine
Colossal Machine.
09.07.25 Leave space in your work for the unexpected to grow
Leave space in your work for the unexpected to grow.
06.07.25 “There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, …
“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me’.” — Virginia Woolf.
04.07.25 Inner biology
Inner biology.
02.07.25 Strange circuits
Strange circuits.
28.06.25 One of the many outputs from the generative and recursive system I’m currently …
One of the many outputs from the generative and recursive system I’m currently developing.
26.06.25 A thousand capacities
A thousand capacities.
24.06.25 Self recursion
Self recursion. Having a lot of fun exploring some generative systems and processes for an upcoming group show in London later this year.
22.06.25 Iteration eleven
Iteration eleven.
26.05.25 constructione ornamentum
23.05.25 There was a time when I used to a lot of talks in a year
There was a time when I used to a lot of talks in a year. Now I’ve cut that down to just a few, some years none at all. I still always …
21.05.25 Content Creator
Content Creator.
20.05.25 I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Before reading this classic on robots and machines I had no idea it was a series of nine short stories. Of course the Will Smith film has …
19.05.25 Hope’s box opens wide Dance, sound, code intertwine, New worlds bloom anew
Hope’s box opens wide Dance, sound, code intertwine, New worlds bloom anew. Another page from my new Now Becomes Then publication featuring …
18.05.25 That Was The Week That Was – 18th May 2025
Following on from my talk last week in Dusseldorf, this week saw me take a train across the Pennines to the North East of England for the …
16.05.25 She walks in beauty
She walks in beauty.
16.05.25 The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing
Very much enjoyed this wonderful book by Olivia Laing …
14.05.25 Yes I still have business cards and yes they are unique and generative
Yes I still have business cards and yes they are unique and generative.
14.05.25 Organic device
Organic device.
12.05.25 That Was The Week That Was – 11th May 2025
This week saw myself and Lisa head to Dusseldorf for a few days as I was speaking at Beyond Tellerrand, a wonderful design event created …
11.05.25 Today @offlinenyc in The Bowery New York
Today @offlinenyc in The Bowery New York. Factory Reality panel discussion. I’ll be zooming in from a sunny UK to join this group of lovely …
11.05.25 Pixels find their home
Pixels find their home. Another spread from Now Becomes Then, my forty page anniversary algorithmic publication, a 25 year retrospective. …
10.05.25 The Joy of Uncertainty
The Joy of Uncertainty. Next week I’ll be travelling to Newcastle to speak at @thinking_digital_conf, talking about creating work using …