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Broken Glass

I took a series of photos in Clapham Junction a couple of days after the extraordinary riots that took place on the high street. I was looking for shattered glass, which was easy to find, and the cobweb like shapes it makes. At that time, there were international film crews shooting reporters against the backContinue reading “Broken Glass”

My NHS reforms, part two.

Here is an update on a previous post about my own NHS reforms. I visited the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition ‘Dirt’, a tour of our relationship with dirt, illustrated by different places and times. One of the places was the 1938 Finsbury Health Centre, a modern and pioneering design which helped to advance healthcare in Britain.Continue reading “My NHS reforms, part two.”

Type face shock

Typographers strive to make the text they work with as legible as possible, so that the reader absorbs the content to the maximum effect (well, sometimes they do). A font that is clear, ordered and well proportioned is the obvious choice. Fonts like Helvetica and Arial and other modern fonts, especially the specially designed screenContinue reading “Type face shock”