A blackbird and a magpie are fighting over territory in the holly outside in my garden and several bees are buzzing in the lavender plant I bought in a garden centre a couple of days ago. I step into my working room and look at the stacks of books I placed on my desk the…

Hardware Mishima I write for a living and currently I do so for a magazine specialised in architecture and design, the kind that favours spotless white surfaces, exotic woods, and titanium lamps. Some days ago, we had a conversation with my editor about ecology, and why it had stopped being a marketing gimmick. “These are…

Throughout August to September, we will be posting In Contact — a series of short articles and art texts developed in collaboration with creative practitioners, based across the world, reflecting on the significance of the present moment on their respective practices. We asked our respondents to consider not only the immediate impact of the pandemic…