Kester Brewin

Back from a great break… Great times in the Italian sun, arguing about football over good food and drink. And an amazing week in Cornwall, just to prove that the UK has it all too: incredible beaches, weather and… pasties. But there was always a tinge of sadness. Like Jonny the Middle East has really [...]

Tuscany coast, then down to Cornwall. Back beginning of August. Catch you soon

[ Gift, Market and Plunder [1] ] | [ Gift, Market and Plunder [2] ] [ Gift, Market and Plunder [3] ] | [ Gift, Market and Plunder [4] ] In the third post in this series – in which I am exploring an update to the ideas of gift presented in the book – [...]

In the great tradition of such things, I propose: 1 To change the bulb and post about it 315 To lurk around and make no comment 2 To propose a stack of del.icio.us tags the poster should have put in 16 To complain he should have used categories 4 To flag up a conference on [...]

Just wanted to flag up Saga Arpino’s site cataloguing and promoting her work. A recent post-grad of the Royal College of Art, Saga is fine artist, a Vaux accomplice, and her award-winning work in glass is fantastic. Order some for your space now. Technorati Tags: Architecture, Art, Glass, London

[ Gift, Market and Plunder [1] ]  |  [ Gift, Market and Plunder [2] ]  |  [ Gift, Market and Plunder [3] ] OK, sorry if the last post was hard work. But sometimes you have to mine deep… To summarize for those who didn’t make it: Veblen identified the ‘leisure class’ as those who [...]

[ Gift, Market and Plunder [1] ] | [ Gift, Market and Plunder [2] ] In the previous two posts I’ve begun reflecting on Thorstein Veblen’s Conspicious Consumption thesis about ‘the leisure class’ – a group of people he identifies who feel that work is somehow below them: ‘The upper (leisure) classes are by custom [...]