North v South

Konnichiwa! We’re back! Did you miss us? No, we didn’t think so.

We talk about comics for a while and then remember that this podcast is, but isn't, about design.

We talk about comics for a while and then remember that this podcast is, but isn't, about design.

So we prattle on about Roald Dahl, camera lenses, work spaces, tennis balls and Argentinian bookshops.

After the recent “recycled” coffee cup revelations, our main topic this week was waste. Does capitalism give value to anything other than pure profit? We talk about our own impact on the environment and what we can do to make less of an impact on resources. It’s a subject to which we will return.

We then eat pies. Rob’s has got pork scratchings sprinkled on top, which is just naughty. Jon’s is so hot it could solve the energy crisis.

Everyone’s favourite podcast called North V South is back after a week’s break.

We catch up with the latest design news: Jon finds out that Elon Musk is not a BodyShop fragrance. We also look at another rebrand using nostalgia as a weapon of mass distraction.

Jon talks about Frank, his WW1-based daily diary project from 2014, and how the tight deadlines made the writing process both a challenge and a pleasure.

Rob scoffs a Royal pie. Jon is pleasantly surprised by Aldi.

Everyone’s favourite podcast called North V South is back after a week’s break.

This week in the podcast that is and isn’t about design, we look back to a halcyon time which may or may not have existed*.

We talk about the triumph of Jeremy Deller’s latest art project, the London Museum of Brands and Lego’s latest nostalgic model of a VW Beetle.

Nostalgia is our topic of the week. Other chocolate-based confectionaries are available. Do they still make Topics**?

Watchmen is our book of the month. We enjoy it as much as you can enjoy a comic that’s about self loathing crime fighters. Pies are then scoffed as they should be.

** They do.

This week in the podcast that is and isn’t about design, we look back to a halcyon time which may or may not have existed*.

We talk about the triumph of Jeremy Deller’s latest art project, the London Museum of Brands and Lego’s latest nostalgic model of a VW Beetle.

Nostalgia is our topic of the week. Other chocolate-based confectionaries are available. Do they still make Topics**?

Watchmen is our book of the month. We enjoy it as much as you can enjoy a comic that’s about self loathing crime fighters. Pies are then scoffed as they should be.

** They do.

This week’s episode is all about space. There isn’t anywhere else to go that isn’t all doom and gloom.

Rob takes a look at his lifelong fascination with all things space-related. We hear about the latest happenings in space exploration and Rob goes on to talk about the influences in his life as a sci-fi illustrator.

Jon talks about space mice, aliens and nuclear devastation. Again.

Pies this week are homemade. Well, Jon’s is anyway. Rob’s is made in a cold industrial complex deep underground manned only by robots. Or Surrey. They're much the same place.

Jon talks about space mice, aliens and nuclear devastation. Again.

Pies this week are homemade. Well, Jon’s is anyway. Rob’s is made in a cold industrial complex deep underground manned only by robots. Or Surrey. They're much the same place.

WARNING: This podcast contains upbeat positivity and hope for the future of the UK. It turns out we are not very reliable futurologists.

We catch up with the latest design news in a world where, for now, it seems the dishonest, ill-informed and downright unpleasant are king.

On the eve of what’s turned out to be the biggest break-up of our lives, we discuss what happens when things go horribly wrong with your clients.

Pies are eaten.