graphic design and creative self-indulgence
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indigenous design
London Met. Group module, autumn semester, 2010.
This task was about design (in all its manifestations) that is indigenous to a place, culture or people. As a group, we created a presentation about the Scottish village of Firhall, where children are not allowed to live.The Scottish village of Firhall, on the outskirts of Nairn, is spotless and smart, a cluster of detached houses overlooking a lake. There is no fence between me and the deep water, and nothing to divide one garden from the next. There are no skateboards here, either. No footballs. No noise. It takes a while, but the penny drops: Firhall is the first and only village in Britain from which children are banned..
