A new animation by LucienneRoberts+ explains the role that engineering can play in preventing climate change bit.ly/3ARZBWo

big thank you to Creative Review for featuring this Design Show, School of Engineering, UoS project!

Install of PERHAPS IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S ME. at A–Z Presents, Berlin – first the wallpaper, showing LR+ work over the years, then two supersize love letters to long-standing partner Graphic Design... is it time to part?! instagram.com/a.to.z.present…, instagram.com/luciennerobert…

indeed!

well... that was fun. thanks for inviting me.

Today! Honoured to be speaking at AIGA Conference. My topic... Is it still ok to be a graphic designer? Nothing like asking a big question! Oh my!

A timely #COP26 repost. Showcasing The Foundry Types Tiento, my brief was to use 'Rebirth / Reboot’ as a theme. I took this as a provocation, most particularly in relation to climate change, playing with the meanings of the prefix ‘re’. #designisalwayspolitical #climatechange

Fond memories – my first book. Co-author Julia Thrift, co-designer #BobWilkinson. Still a favourite subject – #grids in #architecture #music #scriptwriting #townplanning #fineart and #typography #graphicdesign, including of course #wimcrouwel Mr Gridnik himself.

c/o The Guardian this morning… a piece by Stephanie Hare Dr Stephanie Hare – researcher and broadcaster focused on technology, politics and history. Design / ethics / AI / cross-disciplinary working, it’s all there. Worth a read.

Maidenhead Rabbi Jonathan Romain plans ‘Ukrainetransport’ for refugees thejc.com/news/world/mai… via The Jewish Chronicle

this is brave.

This evening, Louis, a 21 year-old supporter of Just Stop Oil, locked on to the goalpost at Goodison Park wearing a Just Stop Oil t-shirt, causing the referee to briefly stop play. When explaining why he has chosen this action, Louis said:

Here we go again A thread. Boris Johnson’s words equating the battle to save Ukraine with Brexit will have been carefully chosen. He knows that they are shocking enough to attract huge attention. He does not care they are grotesque. Just as with the Peppa Pig speech they are

About distraction. (As well as appealing to most extreme base of course) they are intended to and have succeeded in diverting attention from the real story here. This is classic Johnsonism and I’m sad that more people can’t see through it

Because the real story is the utter failure of Joynson as PM. Bug picture stuff. The Ukraine refugee scandal. The visceral dislike and distrust of Johnson on the world stage. The prospect of widespread poverty even destitution as a result of Brexit, covid, inflation and

Especially energy. The fiasco of levelling up. The P&O scandal that show the failure that the levelling up programme is. The chaos in schools from covid. The struggling NHS. A deeply stressed and divided nation. Attacks on the institutions of democracy eg

The electoral commission mission,Parliament, civil service. Johnson believes fervently in what he calls blessed sponge of amnesia. Make a small splash here and people will forget much bigger one over there. Works every time. On that note I’m taking myself off to write a new book

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Remember: Boris Johnson does not observe rules on Covid, on human rights, on international law, your money, relationships, truth etc etc etc etc

ENGINEER! If you’re interested in engineering and in design you’ll be interested in this! The DS8 IRL show and website launches today. uosdesign.org/designshow2022/ #engineeringdesign #universityofsouthampton #wideningparticipation #uosschoolofengineering #uosdesign Graphic by LucienneRoberts+