Recently, I had yet another book proposal turned down by a publisher. Merely the last in a long line of many. Still, it left a bitter taste of disappointment in my mouth. Steve Latham I have to conclude, I think, that either my work is simply not good […]
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Creating memorials, building identities
The displays are a form of ‘guerrilla memorialisation’, as they are forays by a small minority into a world controlled by the ideologies of the perpetrators, in the belief that even a small seed of change, is a sign of hope. It is an attempt by the victims, to get […]
Monte abierto
“Monte abierto” is the disclosure of a world in which the generation of things happens through the reciprocal and embodied relationship between people, materials, and nature. And it’s also the name of the project for the Argentinian Pavilion at the 2021 London Design Biennale, curated by Franca López Barbera. […]
The monk who married a nun
As a figure in world history Martin Luther has a place alongside Alexander the Great or Napoleon, individuals whose actions shaped the world for centuries after their death. Sean Sheehan Just as there are still cities named after Alexander, just as secularism in France today owes its existence […]
My estate
It’s strange how the English word ‘estate’ has different meanings. It may mean the plush land-holdings of the aristocracy, or a social housing development, for the working class and poor. Steve Latham When I was growing up, our town had an ‘estate’, in this latter sense. As children, […]
















