About Me
Some people journal. Some take long walks. I look at buildings.
Day to day, I help organisations make sense of uncertainty: shifting markets, tangled decisions, the long view. Strategy, foresight, scenario planning. That’s the professional side of my brain. But long before that, I was rearranging rooms and redrawing floorplans in my head because something about the proportions felt… wrong.
Design has always been there. As a way of noticing. Of asking why things are the way they are, and how they might be better.
It started quietly. A fixation with light and layout. A love of materials that show their age and history. Then came the renovations, the observations, watching how people interact with public spaces, the slow realisation that spaces are never neutral. They tell stories. They create moods. They can lift you up or wear you down. Sometimes they promise what they can’t deliver.
Design is a form of thinking, a language, and occasionally, an act of rebellion.
Writing here isn’t my full-time job. It’s what happens when all the thoughts that don’t fit into strategies and scenarios need somewhere to go.
Foundations & Facades is where I follow those thoughts. Some posts are sharp. Some are reflective. Most are written with a slightly raised eyebrow.
If you’re curious about how design shapes behaviour, about how the built environment shapes us - and why public bins are always in the wrong place - you’ll probably feel at home here.
Finding inspiration at the V&A in London, under the mesmerizing Chihuly chandelier - a perfect blend of art, design, and innovation in one of my favourite places in the world to escape and recharge.