Six weeks ago, 16 days into the lockdown, we speculated on the deep design of a post-corona world. The analysis had layers, from ‘layer 1’, the physical spaces that we inhabit, to the psychological ‘layer 3’: the arguable, hard-to-spot, broad, themes, sentiments and anxieties. These themes govern societies, and it appears, governance itself. The Prime Minister’s… Continue reading Dear Office, your services are terminated
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Not a flash in the pandemic
Speculating on post-coronavirus life is a raging contagion that infects the worker-from-home. Prior susceptibility is needed. It attacks the mind, causing fevered contemplation of the design of things in a post-corona world. It’s harmless: once you’ve read this, you can wash your hands and move on. Caveat: how the pandemic will play out is unknown.… Continue reading Not a flash in the pandemic
The Language of Identity
It was a film-maker friend on the phone. “I’m making a film,” he said, “on a new script that’s been developed for the Wancho language, spoken in Arunachal Pradesh. Right up your street.” Perhaps my friend was referring to my interest in typeface design? But my friend, aware of the distinction between the script (a… Continue reading The Language of Identity