Slowly Spreading
The Slow movement has been around for quite a while now, since 1986 to be precise, but it’s amazing how it continues to spread. It’s value to society i ssuch that even through the gradual method of self discovery the movement has spread throughout the world. I rarely see articles which talk about the slow movement in the general media, but since I’ve come across... Read More
Slow reading by design
First things first, I am a major fan of American writer Jonathon Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud to name just two) so this post could be perceived as a tad subjective but nonetheless relevant. When I heard a new novel by the author was imminent a little squeal may have left my mouth. To then be holding and opening the first few pages... Read More
Millie Jack and the Dancing Cat
There are many great knowledgeable and informative books about sustainability, design and such, but there are not many books which captures the stories, the life and practice of sustainable living / design. Most of those that I had happened to come across were (wisely) written for children, Milli Jack and the Dancing Cat written and illustrated by Stephen Michael King is one of... Read More
Slow Magazine
So recently we came across a really cool mag that promotes the slow design mentality. The magazine titled “Slow” has a beautiful tag line “For those who think life’s too fast” “Slow is a quarterly, low-gear lifestyle and culture magazine. It covers the arts, style, slow food, wine, slow travel and anything else under the sun, as long as it’s... Read More
Slow Design Down Under
Welcome to a bit slow! We are a bunch of interdisciplinary designers located in the land of oz (down under) deciding to stimulate debate around the concept of ‘slow design’. What is slow design? Well its a movement that started in the kitchen- have you heard of slow food? well now thats basically taking over other areas, such as design- thats where we come in. Slow design... Read More
