Posts by Wayne Hemingway

Don’t Be Stupid

Published in

2009, Back Issues
Wisdom remains an untainted badge of honour. Wisdom, a human trait that is respected and looked up to and often associated with Eastern gurus and mystics. But the dictionary descriptions…

Fit For Purpose

Published in

2009, Back Issues

At HemingwayDesign, we have just been working on a graphic device for the London Community Recycling Network. It’s a pretty simple concept: drop the ‘f’ from Refuse and what do you get? Reuse.

Being There

Published in

2009, Back Issues

We quickly became a team. When we didn’t have enough money to pay the rent, we emptied our wardrobes of Gerardine’s homemade clothes and my collection of second-hand clothes onto a table in Camden Market. We subsequently opened a stall in the sadly missed Kensington Market and our first brand, Red or Dead, was born.

Pure And Simple Does It Every Time

Published in

2009, Back Issues

Journalists and people in the street alike have been quick to blame the banks for the ‘irresponsible practices’ that have created the current financial crisis. But what about our own borrowing and spending habits? Are we taking personal responsibility for our own situation

The R Word

Published in

2008, Back Issues
  The obscene sums of money being lavished on football teams and players by Arabs and Russians have upset much of the press, and make this small-town club supporter despair.…

Eco Town Wars

Published in

2008, Back Issues
Many of the new towns and settlements commissioned in the UK since the successes of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City are having to have regeneration money poured into them, so…

To Hell In A Handcart

Published in

2008, Back Issues
  It’s only relatively recently that design has become a word that’s dropped – or overused – at every opportunity. So it’s no wonder it’s taken so long for the…

Crap Towns

Published in

2008, Back Issues
Could our kids do the same today? They have got something we didn’t have – the internet – but their opportunities to experiment at face-to-face retail are limited, and our…

A Fair Cycle

Published in

2008, Back Issues
  So why are we being so slow? We can’t blame the weather, as our more northerly European neighbours have grasped the cycling nettle. In most cases we can’t blame…