Posts Tagged: travel

Nice things to do: Part One

stewart brewingBrewing our own beer, HTAle, at Stewart Brewing.

hairy haggisRecovering after the Hairy Haggis relay, with HTA.

jupiter art landLooking at art: Michael Sailstorfer at Jupiter Art Land.

forth bridgeLearning about the third Forth bridge, with the Beavers.

DerbyTaking the time to sketch Derby’s old Co-op.

bloke on a train

Tom and Laura’s wedding (a bit I’d missed from before).

grand day outBeing at home.

 

gardenlawnmowerAnd using sketching as an excuse to avoid doing all the jobs in the garden.

1st September 2015

Naimh and Ali leaving to go to college. “Another opportunity for dodgy drawings of the staff” says Tom. naimh- 150821Festival over, I’ve seen my stand up comics for the year. Jason Byrne was funnier than Reginald D Hunter, but not as interesting. jason byrne - 150820I did learn not to try drawing in the dark though.

tube - 150825Bloke on the train.

 

MIPIM – 12 March 2015

In Cannes for MIPIM. It’s our market, condensed. When I headed out I thought it might be about pitching, but it’s not. It’s a chance to talk to the people who’s needs will shape our business. But we can’t do everything for everyone so the trick, I think, is to work out who to listen most closely to amongst the 20,000 voices. Getting to do this on a beach in the south of France is nice, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

KMBT_C284-20150313131430

Some of this information gets delivered quite formally.

KMBT_C284-20150313131501

Statistics on places: design, value, people, quality, crisis etc. I imagined I might be sketching the beach and the boats, but there isn’t any time.

KMBT_C284-20150313131747Instead I’m listening to what other people think the future holds, and trying to work out who’s right.

KMBT_C284-20150313134148

Most of the time it’s less formal discussion: breakfasts, lunches, afternoon beers, dinners, late night pints. I’m not sure copious coffee and alcohol consumption helps with clarity but it was my first time, so I went along with it.KMBT_C284-20150313131908On the plane home, I see I’m not alone in finding it exhausting.