designswarm {thoughts}

Design is one of the most authoritarian and annoying practices that modernity has created. – Antonio Caronia in ‘What Design Can’t Do’ by Silvio Lorusso Had a big week at work last week.

Normal Rockwell’s Sunday Morning (1959) It’s felt like a long week for some reason.

Landed by Ian Strange (2014) https://cms.pinabausch.org/static/post-videos/PBE-UnJour_WebVersion_Master_v2.mp4 Wrote most of this in YUL airport in anticipation of the horrible jetlag I’m suffering from.

I’m on holiday so I shouldn’t really be writing a weeknote but I’m getting lots of designers reaching out to me on Linkedin who have never worked in the NHS, wanting to work there.

Walking through the RA Summer Exhibition is like walking through a souq, it rewards patience as eventually you find some gems.

Jenny Holtzer’s Truisms (1978-87) I was in the first day of a two day away day at work and I was thinking of Jenny Holtzer’s truisms.

Bruegel’s Children’s Games (1560) has some lovely detail if you look closely.

I had two classic ‘behind the beat‘ moments this week.

Woman with Hand in Hair, Lee Miller, 1931.

Sam Taylor Wood, Still Life (2001) It’s amazing how long a nation can live with a bad idea.