In a recent piece, I made the case that we should stop trying to build "perfect" AI. That imperfection is not a failure mode — it's intrinsic to how these systems work. Here, I want to go one step further: not just to excuse AI's flaws, but to explore how we can use them. How we can design with imperfection in mind.
A collection of hand-typed letterforms and numbers, each with their own character and texture. These were created using various materials and techniques, from traditional pen and paper to more experimental surfaces.
Since the introduction of the Penny Black in 1840, the postage stamp has been used as a prominent canvas for pushing political and cultural agendas. Stamps have frequently been adorned with the faces of monarchs and other political leaders. Other common subjects include cultural landmarks, key historic figures of the nation, and nationalistic imagery. In this essay, I will investigate the role of Russia’s stamps in the establishment of the Soviet Union and communist political and social ideals.
In 2012, I created a website for Godfreys, a London-based butcher, where I also worked as an assistant butcher for 4 years. Twelve years later, I still see the branding I created driving around London weekly.
There is an important co-dependency between design and business. In the words of Terence Conran, “A businessman with little knowledge of design is unlikely to be a very good businessman, and a designer with no knowledge of business is unlikely to remain a designer for very long”.
I recently found the first ever design document I created, from back in 2000.
The Heygate Estate was a massive housing complex in Elephant & Castle, South London, built in the 1970s as part of the post-war social housing boom. Originally home to over 3,000 people, it became a symbol of both the promise and failure of modernist urban planning.
