New Medium
I've started moving my writing over to Medium, for many reasons. I've thought long and hard about it, and I'll expand upon all that later. But for now, head over to medium.com/@cityofsound. I've set up four main 'channels', or publications in Medium-speke, to organise the work. This seemed like a good high-level organisation of the things I've frequently written about […]
Journal: London, again
It’s been a busy year so far. So busy I haven’t found time to write about returning to the UK in January, after seven years living and working overseas in Australia, Finland and Italy. Nor even to write about taking up a position as an Executive Director at the Future Cities Catapult—but more about that […]
Journal: Fabrica
I’m writing this flying over the Alps, on BA579 from Venice to London. It’s a big blue sky lit by hazy sunshine, and the Alps look unreal. We just flew a few metres over a contrail, a perpendicular arc into the sunlight, hundreds of kilometres long, a surprisingly distinct temporary structure of curly vapour. Best […]
Sitra, and moving to Helsinki
I’m writing this from the 14th floor of a Helsinki office building, looking out onto a perfect blue harbour hemmed in by pine forests and dotted with tiny islands, and over the vast power station of Ruoholahti and the cranes and trucks crawling over the redeveloping Jätkäsaari, all glowing in the bright spring sunshine. I’ve […]
Journal: Arup
Another bit of admin. After a couple of weeks of rapid-fire consultancy directly post-Monocle, I joined Arup as a senior consultant in their urban planning business across the Australasian region. A month in, and I'm enjoying it hugely. I'm particularly proud to be working for Arup, a company I've long admired for both their work […]
Jobs at Monocle
Please excuse the work-related post. Just a quick note that there are a couple of vacancies at Monocle at the moment, working across the magazine and website. Both jobs are based at our London HQ in Marylebone. Drop a line to the people named below: Photo editorMonocle is looking for an experienced photo editor for […]
Metafiltered
Welcome Metafilter readers, and thank you. If you’re wondering where to start, here’s a fully subjective top 20. A list of starting points: popular, recent, favourite or otherwise. Alternatively, check the Postopolis! category, for a series of reports from the architecture and urbanism-orientated event I helped organise earlier this year at New York’s Storefront for […]
A birth, in 13 places
The bare facts are these: Oliver Kornel Hill, born 22.47 on 12 July, weighing in at 4.02 kilos and measuring 55cm. Mum and baby both doing well. Overjoyed is too feeble a word to describe the way we feel, and it’s near impossible to comprehend, let alone describe, what it really means. So I won’t […]
Normal service will be resumed shortly
I’m in the middle of an intense bit of development at work – the beginnings of which will be revealed on Monocle.com within the next week or so – and so struggling to post here in the meantime. But I’ll shortly finish off my Postopolis! write-ups. A few more sessions and a summary to go. Thanks for […]
Vacancy now closed: Production Assistant, Monocle Web & Broadcast
UPDATE: Vacancy now closed. Please excuse the work-related post, but we’re hiring. Do pass this on to anyone/anywhere you think might be interested. Production Assistant, Monocle Web & Broadcast Monocle.com is the broadcast arm of Monocle, producing high-quality audio and video related to subjects covered in the magazine. The website, and corresponding mobile channels, […]