I’ve written extensively about creativity and mental health, covering what drugs creatives are on and why, why We Need to Talk About How We Talk About Creativity and Mental Health, the healing power of sound (Everybody Hertz), how life drawing is transforming from fine art to therapy and asking, Meditation and creativity: should we believe the hype?
...interviewed iconic designers, artists and musicians like Cosey Fanni Tutti, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Black Dice, Panda Bear, The Neo Naturists, Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe, Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, Elizabeth Price, and Tomi Ungerer
...delivered highly original, informed takes on cult creatives and their work (What David Lynch’s Use of Typography Reveals (or Doesn’t), Harmony Korine's Grotesquely Comedic Trash Humpers, the legacy of Genesis P Orridge), subcultures (the impact of rave culture on graphic design today, and how the scene was documented in the 1980s; and tattooing through its typography) and genres (giallo, and its surprising relationship to feminism; everything you need to know about italo disco and cold wave for Rough Trade’s print magazine)
...written about pop culture pillars through a new lens, like Big Brother (Orwellian Voyeurism or Social Experiment? How Big Brother Changed Everything), or that time A Giant Bouncing Belly Captured the Spirit of Noughties Advertising, and going deep on the branding for iconic 90s brand Bang on the Door.
...explored perennial societal issues such as ageism (Gen X: The Lost Generation?), sexism (Why is type design still so male?), the problem with ‘immmersive’ art’s ubiquity (Carsten Höller's fairground of a show: "It's Like Pat Sharpe's Fun House" ), financial and class barriers to art (Nine to Five: The Artists Who Work Day Jobs to Make Ends Meet), LGBTQ rights (How Oscar Wilde Paved the Way for Gay Rights in the Arts; The History of Women Performing Lesbianism for Men), the problem with design/art awards (A butt, a bed, and why design awards don't engage people like art awards do), narcissism (Selfies vs Portraits) and more through the lens of creativity
...and landed wild exclusives, like the time I was sent the unpublished manuscripts from David Bowie’s art teacher for Design Week, or when I broke the story about The Artist Who “Cut Off His Nipples”
...interviewed iconic designers, artists and musicians like Cosey Fanni Tutti, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Black Dice, Panda Bear, The Neo Naturists, Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe, Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, Elizabeth Price, and Tomi Ungerer
...delivered highly original, informed takes on cult creatives and their work (What David Lynch’s Use of Typography Reveals (or Doesn’t), Harmony Korine's Grotesquely Comedic Trash Humpers, the legacy of Genesis P Orridge), subcultures (the impact of rave culture on graphic design today, and how the scene was documented in the 1980s; and tattooing through its typography) and genres (giallo, and its surprising relationship to feminism; everything you need to know about italo disco and cold wave for Rough Trade’s print magazine)
...written about pop culture pillars through a new lens, like Big Brother (Orwellian Voyeurism or Social Experiment? How Big Brother Changed Everything), or that time A Giant Bouncing Belly Captured the Spirit of Noughties Advertising, and going deep on the branding for iconic 90s brand Bang on the Door.
...explored perennial societal issues such as ageism (Gen X: The Lost Generation?), sexism (Why is type design still so male?), the problem with ‘immmersive’ art’s ubiquity (Carsten Höller's fairground of a show: "It's Like Pat Sharpe's Fun House" ), financial and class barriers to art (Nine to Five: The Artists Who Work Day Jobs to Make Ends Meet), LGBTQ rights (How Oscar Wilde Paved the Way for Gay Rights in the Arts; The History of Women Performing Lesbianism for Men), the problem with design/art awards (A butt, a bed, and why design awards don't engage people like art awards do), narcissism (Selfies vs Portraits) and more through the lens of creativity
...and landed wild exclusives, like the time I was sent the unpublished manuscripts from David Bowie’s art teacher for Design Week, or when I broke the story about The Artist Who “Cut Off His Nipples”