Saturday 29 January 2011

Arts | Design | Classics of modern design


Classics of modern design is back - this week with "one of the purest expressons of Bauhaus theory: geometrical shapes and industrial materials with no concessions to decoration or frivolity". What is it?
larpnet.com/design/classics

Economics | Environment | Wellbeing and the environment


In a speech to the Prime Minister's Wellbeing Conference in November 2010, Richard Price explains the links between the environment and wellbeing, and how taking a consistent approach to understanding environmental costs and benefits across all policy areas can best safeguard the environment for this and future generations. Assessing environmental and social impacts on wellbeing is at the heart of policy design in the UK, is based on evidence and innovation, and makes a real difference to policy.