In the latest Studio Snack podcast, Carrot, stick, my creative experiment gives me a way of tackling a picture problem… Investigating whether carrots really do help us see in the dark, we had some creative playtime with luminous and fluorescent materials. Beside myself with excitement that luminous thread even exists, … Read More
The latest episode of Studio Snack, a five minute food podcast about design that I make with creative collaborator Narcis Sauleda, started with Narcis discovering that the root of the word ‘company’ came from breaking bread. Brainstorming at a bakery (well, it would be churlish not to) we discussed all … Read More
From triangles to samosas – what Veganuary taught us about design In our first Studio Snack podcast of 2024, Snack resolution, fellow designer Narcis Sauleda and I do Veganuary. We chat about accidentally vegan snacks, Pythagoras, vegan equivalents of meat-based snacks, we try out two recipes and we ask what … Read More
Biscuit kerning. When design life has got a little out of hand… Kerning is adjusting the spacing between letters, particularly on logos or type-based graphics. But biscuits: rarely kerned. My excuse has been the end of year round-up episode of Studio Snack, the food podcast about design that I make … Read More
Bake crisps from Oddbox veg. Make kitchen ink (onion skin, carrot, turmeric and paprika, tea). Pay a visit to Fibrelab, who are making paper from hospitality waste. Draw odd veg crisps with kitchen ink on paper made from towels. Why? Well, it’s for the latest episode of Studio Snack, the … Read More
Here at the studio there’s work for and with clients, there are personal projects and there are the things that are part lab, part playground. Studio Snack, a food podcast about design, started when fellow designer Narcis Sauleda and I kept having conversations over coffee that we wished we’d recorded. … Read More
Studio Snack is a monthly food podcast about design, made with creative collaborator Narcis Sauleda. In our latest episode, we ask a four-legged studio mate how dogs choose snacks, we find dog treat history in our creative neighbourhood and we consider who packaging is actually for. Listen to Studio Snacks … Read More
Pretzels… In this month’s Studio Snack podcast, creative collaborator Narcis Sauleda and I bring you some fast facts about a slowly-made snack. But for all their twisty history, what this was really about was comparing the knotty processes of pretzel-making and design. Attempting to bake pretzels, I found out what … Read More
The alpine strawberries and cherry tomatoes I grow in my urban garden rarely make it indoors. I eat them like sweets. So Grow your own snack is the latest Studio Snack podcast episode with creative collaborator Narcis Sauleda. Harvest a snack, pour a cold drink and listen to historical trends … Read More
Sunshine! For the May Studio Snack podcast, we’ve gone outdoors to talk about picnics. Grab a blanket, a Scotch egg and tune in to hear about the curious indoor history of the picnic, picnics in numbers, a sandwich in Sandwich and this month’s design experiment.