Bevilacqua – Venice Design Week 2014
Brian Loudon 2019-07-20T10:12:09+00:00Like many places in Venice, it’s not easy to find the HQ of Luigi Bevilacqua, but if you make the right turn you will find a fairly unassuming door in [...]
On Growth and Form 100
Brian Loudon 2018-03-02T12:23:53+00:00The seminal work by Dundee polymath D'Arcy Thompson "On Growth and Form" reaches its centenary year in 2017 and both the Universities of both St Andrews and Dundee [...]
On Patents, Open Source Design and Reciprocity
Brian Loudon 2018-03-02T12:23:54+00:00I previously blogged on open source and IP here and I wanted to revisit this in a more concise way to focus in on the limitations of open source and [...]
Open Source Product Innovation
Brian Loudon 2018-03-02T12:23:55+00:00Is there a sustainable business model which allows the development of innovative open source products? Patents and the traditional product development model The intent of the patent system is to [...]
Tactile Memories of Lego
Brian Loudon 2018-03-02T12:23:56+00:00With the wave of nostalgia for Lego reaching its crescendo in the past year with the release of the Lego Movie, and with being lucky enough to be involved in [...]
Geometry Study of the Columns of the Sagrada Familia
Brian Loudon 2018-03-02T12:23:57+00:00I passed through Barcelona last April on holiday and finally managed to visit La Sagrada Familia, the great unfinished work of Gaudi. This is a pilgrimage I have long wanted [...]