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Not-Design

October 27, 2009Posted By Michael Doneman

 

 

Sitting last week in a workshop on the theme of ‘design’ I found myself uncomfortable with the tone and tenor of the offering. I realized eventually that the source of this discomfort was the assumption on the part of the workshop facilitator that ‘design’ was a manipulative process, a means of imposing one’s will on the world, of giving the world a shape related to one’s ‘picture’ of how things might be or should be.

I found myself wondering about alternative ways of practicing design which might be...


Podcast on Ethical Entrepreneurship

August 26, 2009Posted By Michael Doneman

 

I'm pretty new to the world of podcasting, but I found this interview refreshing in that Cameron Reilly, the owner-operator of the G'Day World Podcasting Network, allowed time to really explore and flesh out ideas in a way that other forms don't tend to allow, in favour of more clipped and sound-grabby formats. I found this particularly useful in trying to discuss the 'bigger picture' context for my practice and the Edgeware business generally. People have been telling me for a while that short audio clips are useful ways...


Speaking at the Hive

July 17, 2009Posted By Michael Doneman

 I was asked to give a short talk at a Brisbane networking function called The Hive on 30 June 09, on the topic of 'entrepreneurship'. The talk was filmed, and video is now on Youtube, but to save the bother of looking it up, here's the talk, in three sections.



Edgeware's Build Your Business

September 11, 2008Posted By Michael Doneman

 

Edgeware's Build Your Business program is an alternative to business education for new entrepreneurs, and for entrepreneurs who want to re-imagine or grow their businesses. Each time it runs, it changes, because the needs of participants and the dynamics of the group make changes necessary. Edgeware aims to provide more than just a course, because there is no single pathway to success in business. Each participant comes to Edgeware with a different mix of expectations, ideals, capabilities and needs.

So Edgeware aims to provide practical skills and competencies, but also the kinds of...


Dancing About Architecture

August 29, 2008Posted By Michael Doneman

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Laurie Anderson
 


In 1994 we stayed for a couple of nights with our friend Klaus Maier, Director of Theater von Menschen für Menschen in Nürnberg.

Not a terribly gloomy place - I think Ella had ice cream - parks, gardens, leafy walks, lakes with ducks and, quite suddenly, Monumental Monolithic Masonry, The Zeppelin Field. Staggering!

The word zeppelin is very evocative, at least to me. It's quite possible still to imagine a great airship nuzzling gigantically to the ground before us,...