Mourning the machine
Posted by our technology correspondent, Richard Rawlinson Congratulations to Sir Jonathan Ive, creative head of Apple, for his knighthood this week. The Brit behind the superb styling of iPod, iPhone and iPad is perhaps the world’s most influential designer. Part of his brilliance in making his gadgets so alluring is the way he virtually anthropomorphises […]
Another bookcase coffin
From an article in last Sunday’s Telegraph: Kenneth Grange, 82, has designed some of the most familiar products and appliances used in our daily lives, from Kodak cameras to Kenwood food mixers, parking meters and bus shelters to London taxis. He began his career working as an architectural assistant at Arcon Architects before becoming a […]
Thoughts of a funeral-goer
Posted by Lyra Mollington Our neighbour Keith had no idea that the woman who visited him every day in the care home was his wife of 57 years. Their children and grandchildren were also strangers to him. After he died, Doreen felt guilty that she wasn’t as grief stricken as she thought she should have […]
