The regular and the eagle-eyed of Field Readings readers may have noticed some tinkering happening around these parts recently. This is because I’ve been rethinking what Field Readings is, and specifically that I wanted this online space of mine to be more of a website than just a blog. Messing with it helped me makeContinue reading “Move on, nothing to see here”
Category Archives: Online
Virtually speaking, part 2
Today at 12 noon I watched a talk by Malcolm Garrett, the graphic designer famous for his work with Buzzcocks, Magazine and Duran Duran, amongst many others. Hosted by designer Patrick Thomas under the title Icons, this was part of a series of online talks held on Saturdays for art and design students during theContinue reading “Virtually speaking, part 2”
Virtually speaking
I recently wrote an article for Eye magazine’s blog about the wealth of online talks and interviews that have sprung up as a result of Covid-19 and lockdown. These have been a godsend to my students, and I’m sure a great many more. I go on to write about my hope that such initiatives continueContinue reading “Virtually speaking”
Bullying tactics
It is not too bold a statement to claim that advertising is designed to interrupt our vision and assert itself into our conscious and subconscious minds. If it didn’t, corporations would not devote huge budgets to it. But recently I have observed a growth online of adverts that actually disrupt host content, in what canContinue reading “Bullying tactics”
