Blueprint For Living - Separate stories

Jan 17 2025 247 ep. 14 mins 30
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Your weekly expedition to the heart of modern life through buildings, design, gardens and food. Separate stories for bite-size listening.

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Richard Weller's grand tour

Jan 17 2025 18 mins  
Grand tours for the aristocracy in centuries gone by were filled with art and architecture to fulfil the senses. But what would such a tour look like today if only places created in the 20th and 21st centuries were on the itinerary? Richard Weller is a landscape architect who has pondered this question in his latest book, To the ends of the earth- a grand tour for the 21st Centur

Colin Bisset's Iconic designs: design history of the bicycle

Jan 17 2025 15 mins  
From the velocipede in the early 1800s to its more modern incarnation, featuring tubular metal frames, wire-spoked wheels, pneumatic tyres, and gears, design writer and critic Colin Bisset gives us a potted history of the development of the bicycle. This interview first aired in March 2024.

Paris designs for the bicycle

Jan 17 2025 19 mins  
The city of Paris is about to enact an ambitious new climate Plan and at its heart is a commitment to building a cyclist friendly urban centre. This interview first aired in March 2024.

Colin Bisset on great monuments of the world

Jan 10 2025 13 mins  
Colin Bisset takes us on a tour of the some of the world's greatest commemorative monuments. From London's Albert Memorial to Berlin's November Revolution Monument, they speak of a desire to immortalise and elevate a particular viewpoint of history. This interview first aired in June 2024.

Last Supper: Jamie Oliver's perfect roast dinner

Jan 10 2025 14 mins  
Chef Jamie Oliver selects the last meal he would have on this earth- his mum's roast dinner. Surrounded by friends and family, he believes a Sunday roast would be the best final meal, with all the trimmings. This interview first aired in June 2024.

The cultural meaning of black

Jan 10 2025 13 mins  
What role has the colour black played in mourning fashions since the time of Queen Victoria? Dr Lorinda Cramer is a fashion historian at Deakin University. She charts the changing cultural meanings associated with this darkest of hues. This interview first aired in June 2024.

Cemeteries as open public space

Jan 10 2025 10 mins  
Can cemeteries be a boon for the living as well as a place for the dearly departed? Tania Davidge, Executive Director of Open House Melbourne, believes so. She argues that cemeteries can provide much needed open space in our crowded cities to be enjoyed across the generations. This interview first aired in June 2024.

Colin Bisset's Iconic designs: the T-shirt

Jan 04 2025 4 mins  
Colin Bisset turns his attention to that iconic fashion item, the T-shirt. This segment first aired in May 2019.

The evolution of Neutraface as the gentrification font

Jan 03 2025 17 mins  
Angela Riechers, author of 'The elements of visual grammar: A designer's guide for writers, scholars and professionals', discusses the history of Neutraface and explains how and why this typeface became so ubiquitous. This interview first aired in May 2024.

Kyle Chayka on Filterworld

Jan 03 2025 17 mins  
Exposed brick, smashed avocado, hanging edison bulbs, the patina of industry and reclaimed wood furniture – this is what writer and critic, Kyle Chayka rails against in his book 'Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture'. This interview first aired in May 2024.