Category: Published Writing

Nigel Cabourn is a brand that I will forever love for its naval dungarees, which I’ve probably worn more over the last couple of years than any other item of clothing I own*. When the opportunity came up to do some unshackled editorial stuff – the type of thing I so rarely get the time/word count for these days – I leapt at the chance. Not least because it gave me the opportunity to collaborate once more with old friend and fellow LN-CC alumnus Ben Benoliel.

Anyway, it was so nice to flex these particular writing muscles, particularly in service of such a warm soul, on such an inspiring (and frankly bonkers) years-long labour of love.

You can read it here.

*Always interesting to see the response to these when I wear them to the chinos-and-tucked-shirt offices of my more corporate clients…

The second issue of BEINGHUNTED magazine features my first ever print cover story and one of the editorial pieces I’m most proud of from the past year or so: an interview with/feature on the great, Pritzker-winning architect Wang Shu.

The magazine is beautifully laid out and features completely arresting imagery courtesy of Iwan Baan, who shot much of Wang Shu’s work for a retrospective at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (to whom I’m also indebted for their help with the piece).

Loved creating this book/film/exhibition series for Gore-Tex with (lots of people but mainly) two people whose work I’ve long  admired: Stephen Mann and Jörg Haas. It all launched during Paris Fashion Week and was such a great  final project to see out 2018.

A hastily-arranged, late-Friday-night Skype call gave me the opportunity to interview the founders of Snarkitecture, the buzzy New York firm that floats between the worlds of art and architecture.

Though I wish there’d been more time to delve into the subjects we covered, it was nevertheless interesting to hear their views on the digital vs the tangible, and the role that distinctive branding plays in their practice.

Read the full feature on Freunde von Freunden here.

I spent an incredible day, courtesy of Sonos and Freunde von Freunden at the Kentish home of Ralph Steadman – the iconic artist responsible for bringing to life the works of his dear friend Hunter S Thompson.

I’m incredibly excited to see the full feature go live on FvF in the coming weeks, but for now here is a teaser of sorts, in the form of a music-centric Q and A on the Sonos blog.

Read the Q and A here.

I was asked to write an op-ed piece for publication in the German daily newspaper, Der Tagesspiegel. The brief related to festivals and the question of ‘why millennials love them so much’… naturally I wrote about J. G. Ballard, neoloiberalism and streetwear (amongst other things) as per usual…

I don’t believe it exists online, but if you’re desperate to read it for some reason of course just get in touch…

Vice commissioned me to write about my relationship with York which was a real joy/emotional reckoning. It’s one of the pieces of work that I’m most proud of – a true labour of love, I’ve been really touched by the warm responses so far.

Read it here.