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Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture.
Occasional photography all over the place.
Pithy commentary best left here, I expect.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Mothers Day, in the UK.
My mum was American (different date) so we were never primed to make a big deal about it when I was a kid.
And our own kids are adopted so there are all sorts of swirling thoughts and feelings around various different mothers for us all. We keep things pretty quiet.
It’s a sweet idea at its core and I hope anyone who observes it has a nice day. But for anyone who struggles with it - and there are many reasons why one might - I hope you have an okay day, too.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
I forgot to post a #FensterFreitag shot yesterday, so here's the picture of Arlo I would have done, but instead posted under the #Caturday banner. And one of Freya too, because you splendid people deserve it.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Gritted my teeth and requested my ballot for this year's US midterm elections. Can't get rid of John Fetterman yet, but hey ho...
It's a drag, but if you possibly have the ability to do so (child of an American, for instance?) I do recommend you do the same, yourself. Our voices are tiny, but we may as well use them in any way we can:
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Listening to a podcast, I just heard an ad from the UK Government, promoting its ideas and consultation process for a new Digital ID and inviting us all to join in their enthusiasm.
Honestly it’s laid on so thick, it sounds like it must SURELY be satire.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
I appreciate it only applies south of the border, but still: I'm fully in favour of putting Beavers on banknotes.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Saw this elsewhere but thought I'd share it here, for anyone interested in architecture and its history, preservation, or even just Robocop.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
When I strolled sideways out of a career in architecture and, via a brief sojourn in photography, into lighting, I was lucky enough to arrive in one of the best design practices in the world. My boss was Jonathan Speirs, and he was a truly inspirational person to be around for the brief time I knew him.
He died quite long time ago, now, but I see that today would have been his birthday.
I still think of the enthusiasm and care he brought to projects, all the time.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Oh gawd, this could prove distracting, today.
This was my first attempt. I challenge you all to a colour game thingy!
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
It’s the chorus of David McWilliams' / Marc Almond’s song, The Days Of Hannah Spencer, that’s stuck in mine.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
If in doubt try another quick spin?
#TOTP
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
I'm generally a very enthusiastic and even optimistic person. But I'm really struggling today with some rather big clouds of doom/fear/panic that I can't seem to see past.
And I have some big deadlines to meet.
Perfect.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
Fuck Cass, Fuck Philipson, Fuck the BBC, and fuck this whole stupid, evil, fucking country.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/12/best-songs-inspired-by-literature-ranked
Two thoughts.
1: Any list which includes Bug Powder Dust is just Fine By Me.
2: If you like Sympathy For The Devil, I highly recommend the graphic novel Love In Vain, by J M Dupont. It's about Robert Johnson:
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at this point, but still: what in the shuddering proverbial??
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/feb/11/ai-tools-potentially-harmful-errors-social-work?CMP=share_btn_url
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland
I've just had my mind blown, slightly.
Back in 2006-07, during my final year at architecture school, I did a project which envisaged ways in which suburban bits of London might gradually increase their density over time. It heavily lent on ideas of covert or unofficial building to create communities and it perhaps wasn't the most beautifully rendered or rigorously explored project of the unit, but I always thought it had a solid and genuinely realistic concept, at least.
Design at Speirs Major Light Architecture. Occasional photography all over the place. Pithy commentary best left here, I expect. Edinburgh, Scotland