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The Waste House
1 December 2015Video tape for insulation and floors of MDF off-cuts comprise this pioneering zero carbon house in Brighton, Veronica Simpson reports.
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Museums and mindfulness
9 November 2015How do museums engage people with the three-dimensional, physical relics of human civilisation in the age of ubiquitous two-dimensional digital distraction? Veronica Simpson searches for curatorial solutions.
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Artist collective stands its ground in up-and-coming Vauxhall
2 November 2015Veronica Simpson is in London this month looking at Gasworks, a courageous group that has won out against rapacious developers.
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State of the arts: How to get a free creative education
13 October 2015Who can afford a UK arts education? As our art, design and architecture courses have become entirely bankrolled by fat fees from European and international students, resourceful educators are trying to find ways to ensure access, diversity and creativity are maintained. But it’s an uphill struggle.
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Well-being in the workspace
6 October 2015The latest FX Design Seminar, where experts are invited to discuss the new trend for designing for fitness and well-being in the office.
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Can art change people’s perspectives?
6 October 2015Veronica Simpson is in Bristol, European Green Capital 2015, looking at how arts events are first and foremost involving the city’s communities.
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Geekosphere goes public
28 September 2015Experimental and digital making are being brought into the public realm by the Crafts Council in collaboration with galleries in Liverpool and Norwich, Veronica Simpson reports.
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Building a new future: Schools for the community
21 September 2015While funding for new state schools has all but stopped, projects have emerged that show great creativity in planning and design.
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Joined up thinking
31 August 2015The latest FX design seminar has designers and architects join Intel to debate the role of technology in the workplace.
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Oiling the wheels: Co-design the way forward
10 August 2015Veronica Simpson looks at co-design projects that through cooperation and collaboration, pay dividends for all concerned.
