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Into Orbit

14 years ago 4 min read Architecture London

In an essay about F. Scott Fitzgerald's heavily criticised first novel, the celebrated literary critic Edmund Wilson wrote [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/books/review/04TOIBIN.html] " This

A brand for London

15 years ago 3 min read Cities Graphic design London

> "Branding, it could be said, is the greatest gift commerce has given to culture" So said Wally Olins, on the blog of Saffron Consultants, recently appointed to create the brand

Learning from Niketown

15 years ago 4 min read Architecture Cities Design Urban theory London

> "I like Nike, but wait a minute. The neighbourhood supports, so put some money in it." * Public Enemy, Shut Em Down In the 18 years since Chuck D rapped those

Branding the boroughs 2

15 years ago 2 min read Cities Graphic design London

In Felix Barber and Ralph Hyde's superb book London as it might have been, we can read of a Victorian plan to change the structure of the London boroughs, part of

Branding the boroughs

16 years ago 3 min read Cities Graphic design London

Last week I popped along to the exhibition 'London's Towns' [http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/londonstowns/] at the Building Centre in London. Subtitled "Shaping the Polycentric City", (download