Meeting the makers

Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 June, 2008 to the comment subset

New York designer Scott Ballum is embarking on an ambitious year long project to meet, face-to-face, the people who produce the goods he buys, and also learn more about the production processes involved in their manufacture.
There’s probably not too many of us who give much thought to the mechanics that results in a can of [...]

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Could you live with just 100 possessions?

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 12 June, 2008 to the comment subset

It’d be damn difficult as, straight off the bat, I can see about 30 things right here on, what I consider to be, an uncluttered desk.
It’s something Dave Bruno, in a personal effort to fight consumerism, intends to do for a year though, and this November he kicks off his 100 Thing Challenge.
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