In June 2009, writing in Sublime Magazine I called for a creative insurgency, a call for the creative community to show politicians and councils how we can benefit society and help the economy along (you can read a version here).
In the 90s during...
Its now 13 years since I wrote that infamous article about mass housing in the Independent and coined the phrase The Wimpeyfication and Barratification of Britain. My tirade about how ill conceived some of Britains housing developments were taken...
When I am giving talks and lectures, in the questions at the end of the session, I am often asked what is the greatest attribute of a designer and a creative mind. I know that for me and my design partner Gerardine, it has been common sense.
When...
Wayne was asked to film a piece for BBC Horizon about Invention in the 21st Century January. It was aired on 11th April 2013.
These were the questions he was asked and the answers he gave during the interview.
Q Whats different about innovation...
Planning and planning permissions are important. Free for alls have created problems in the past. But surely in the case of this story of a creative young couple Charlie Hague and Megan Williams being resourceful and in creating a cost effective...
Last week I chaired a panel session at a conference organised by The Mayors Office. This from the Urbanista.org website kind of sums it up.
The event builds on the highly successful annual Fit City conferences held in New York staged by the Centre...
At HemingwayDesign we have a philosophy that design is about improving things that matter in life. This is pretty obviously the case when it comes to designing a housing development but we try and take this philosophy through to less obviously...
Gerardine and I went to the V&A opening of the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition yesterday evening. Unlike so many of these events, whilst there were big names a plenty, everyone was looking at one thing...possibly the most stimulating and...
In the mid 90s during our Red or Dead days, we opened a shop on Buchanan St in Glasgow. We used to really enjoy visiting the city, admiring the magnificent architecture and visiting the affordable vintage shops (then called second-hand shops)....
I was asked to take part in a debate about the future of business at the annual British Chambers of Commerce Conference at Central Hall Westminster last week and to give my view of what business needs to be looking at to get through the downturn...
