http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog The future of engineering Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:56:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   In my innocence I agree to speak on the cultural crossovers between Engineering, Architecture and Music. I will be in a trio with Ranulph Glanville, architectural theorist, and Michael Bochmann, violinist. Michael will bring his string orchestra, the Water City “band”, so we dovetail with quite a posh concert. But ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=419 Studio in the Woods - a chance for childhood regression by exploring the great outdoors (on the spectacular grounds of New Barn Farm in the Isle of Wight) with some new playmates.  Cramming an intensive four days into a nutshell; we undertook some soul searching, which led to some very ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=411   On Monday 11th January 2010 Beneficiaries of the UST were honoured to welcome eminent British designer Kenneth Grange (RDI since 1969, don’t you know) to run a Think Up session about his career which spans some 50 fabulous years…   Many of his designs are familiar to us all: the first UK ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=409 On Monday 14 December many Expeditionites spent the day exploring the theme of creativity…   I don’t think many of us were sure what to expect. I know I was sceptical about being taught creativity, but I think I have probably learnt a few useful things I can apply to my everyday ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=405 Raphael Petit, a Facades Architect from RFR with whom Expedition worked with on the San Paolo Tower, Turin, joined us for the day to give us an introduction to the world of facades. Raphael presented an interesting history of facades in the 20th Century - from The Great Exhibition to ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=392 After yesterdays amazingly warm and sunny day I was really looking forward to spending the day with Oli and Caius (our director/producers) and Michael (camera man extraordinaire) filming the UST launch film.  Waking up this morning to a grey and cloudy sky put an end to my hopes of a ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=387 Stealth Economist article uploader strikes again. Following the session on Google, Microsoft and Apple at last week's thinkup I thought it might be appropriate to post this. The author(s) are trying to second-guess the next move of the industry's key players. Quite interesting if you are into that sort of thing. http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=383 It was a grey Monday in London when Expedition set out on a trip to Shrewton in Wiltshire.  Georgina von Etzdorf, renowned fabric designer, had kindly invited us to her home for a day to gain an insight into the use of colour.  Towards the end of our coach journey ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=368   Today’s session was a follow-up to last week’s when we decided on topics for future ThinkUp Mondays. The intention was to give people the time to start planning their sessions and get some dates in the diary; however, in response to the ongoing discussion in the office following last week’s ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=367   I ran today’s Expedition ThinkUp session in an effort to jump-start the programme, which, despite two beneficiary-run sessions over August, seemed to be stalling. In the past I have felt that people have been shy in coming forward with ideas for future sessions because they are unsure of the aims ... http://www.expedition.uk.com/blog/?p=365