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Northern Powerhouse Mk. III

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The Northern Powerhouse Mk III is just around the corner, but how will it compare with its predecessors? The...
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Eindhoven on the map

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How a city’s commitment to design has shaped its image on the international stage On Wednesday 24 October, Tottenham...
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Manchester launches a design manifesto

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This is the text of the statement issued by Manchester City Council and Design Manchester on 19 October 2018
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George Daniels: the world’s finest watchmaker

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George Daniels’ mission as a horologist was to redesign the mechanical watch to compete and in the long term outperform the...
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Edward Jenner: The father of immunology

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Edward Jenner, creator of the world’s first vaccine, is said to have saved more lives through his work than anyone else....
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Florence Nightingale: pioneer in statistics and data visualisation

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Many people know Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) as the Lady of the Lamp in the Crimean War and founder of the world’s...
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Eadweard Muybridge: pioneer in motion pictures

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The English photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) became world famous with large-format images of Yosemite Valley in the 1860s, but it was...
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Frank Whittle, inventor of the turbojet

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Flying and engineering were passions from an early age for Frank Whittle, who was admitted to the RAF at the second...
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Ada Lovelace: the first computer programmer

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The only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace described her approach to mathematics as “poetical science” and herself...
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Michael Faraday: “one of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time”

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Michael Faraday (1791-1867)“One of the greatest scientific discoverers of all time” Today’s digital revolution owes much to...
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The world of elective intrusion

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Presentation delivered at a Close & Remote symposium on secure cities at Deptford Lounge in south-east London on May 9, 2013.
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Which way now for legible cities?

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Building on the vision of Kevin Lynch, who formulated the legible city concept in The Image of The City (Harvard/MIT, 1960),...
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Finsbury Park heritage programme concludes

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In 2019-20, 2NQ – the community non-profit co-directed by Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – delivered People + Heritage, a programme...
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XR to creatives: “Stop toxic!”

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We’ve been mesmerized by the COVID-19 pandemic for months. New problems have become apparent, but the old ones have not gone...
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Safe Space: art for vulnerable adults in lockdown

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Safe Space, a new art workshop programme for older or vulnerable adults and carers designed “for lockdown and beyond” is launching...
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Observations in paint: “What procedures?”

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Let's get this done Copyright © 2020 Simon Poulter What procedures? July 7, 2020
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What makes a great city?

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On 9 July 2019, I had the pleasure of chairing a panel and audience discussion at a well attended Manchester International Festival...
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Eindhoven on the map

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How a city’s commitment to design has shaped its image on the international stage On Wednesday 24 October, Tottenham...
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Re-imagining Manchester: Creatives Making Place

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In 1957, the historian A.J.P. Taylor wrote in the New York Times that “Manchester is the only English city which can...
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How the Bauhaus changed the ’80s

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The first ever creative collaboration between Kasper de Graaf and Malcolm Garrett – the October 1981 edition of New Sounds New...
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Back to the future: the memory of place

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These personal reflections on cultural regeneration, place and memory expand on a presentation Thea made at Design Manchester's Liveable Cities conference...
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Observations in paint: “What procedures?”

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Let's get this done Copyright © 2020 Simon Poulter What procedures? July 7, 2020
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Manchester launches a design manifesto

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This is the text of the statement issued by Manchester City Council and Design Manchester on 19 October 2018
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“I did it any way”: what punk taught me

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Punk sprang up all around me in Manchester, seemingly in answer to questions I was already beginning to pose in early...
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Re-imagining Manchester: Creatives Making Place

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In 1957, the historian A.J.P. Taylor wrote in the New York Times that “Manchester is the only English city which can...
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Northern Powerhouse Mk. III

Kasper de Graaf - 0
The Northern Powerhouse Mk III is just around the corner, but how will it compare with its predecessors? The...
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Innovation

Manchester launches a design manifesto

Document Research - 0
This is the text of the statement issued by Manchester City Council and Design Manchester on 19 October 2018
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Politics

UK Borders: a line in the sand

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On 5 November 2008, Applied Information Group managing director Kasper de Graaf gave a presentation to the Sign Design Society about...
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