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John McKiernan
Nov 6, 20161 min read
Platform-7 is Londonist Out Loud Podcast Guest
This podcast is part of the Londonist Out Loud weekly series that feature Londoners doing stuff other Londoners might find interesting. Plat
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Platform7
Jul 11, 20151 min read
Confusing Voices of Free Thought
The Confusing Voices Of Free Thought Thoughts inspired by the ideas and words of Mr R Banks, Metadesigners and Platform-7 Image: Courtacy...
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Platform7
Mar 27, 20155 min read
Waste.Agency: Textile Recycling Picker Working Conditions
During the Waste.Agency, a senior insurance underwriter explained in great detail why he and his colleagues were refusing to underwrite...
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Platform7
Feb 27, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: RECYCLING INSURANCE RISKS CONSUMPTION CHANGES
A surprising conversation took place in December 2014 with an Insurance Underwriter who underwrites recycling businesses where he...
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Platform7
Feb 1, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: NEW FINANCIAL CRASH WITH WAR IN EUROPE?
Is there about to be another financial crash leading to major social unrest or possibly a war in Europe? A depressing potential scenario...
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Platform7
Jan 13, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: NOTIONS OF BROKEN
Stage two of the Waste.Agency explores the notions of the word broken. To know if something is broken often requires at least the...
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Platform7
Jan 7, 20151 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: A SILENT CACOPHONY
A tribute to the waste of life in Paris at Charlie Hebdo Waste.Agency window: A Silent Cacophony ...
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Platform7
Jan 6, 20153 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: CORPORATE SONGS WITH DAN MERRILL
While researching folk music for the Dead Rat Orchestra's The Cut tour across canals of England, Daniel Merrill discovered that corporate...
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Platform7
Jan 6, 20152 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: TIMELINE
Timeline of key points in the creation of Waste.Agency intervention in the City of London, estimated to last 3 years, keys to first...
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Platform7
Jan 4, 20154 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: ORCHESTRA OF BROKEN INSTRUMENTS
Mikey Kirkpatrick, aka Bird Radio, is an originator of storytelling though song and music. Since the inception of the Waste.Agency, Bird...
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Platform7
Dec 14, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: NO MORE DUST TO DUST
No more Dust to Dust by Paul Hazelton on display at the Waste.Agency A tornado of dust sucking up all that stands before it....
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Platform7
Dec 9, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: DUST COINS BY PAUL HAZELTON
Paul Hazelton is Making Money at Last… Paul Hazelton is an internationally established artist who creates sculptures often intricately...
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Platform7
Dec 9, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: INSURANCE HERO
Could insurance be the unlikely environmental hero in forcing business practice and individual behavioural change? The Waste.Agency two...
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Platform7
Nov 30, 20144 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: INSURANCE ART FUND?
Is there a role for the insurance industry to become more attuned with abstract art as a way of reducing their liabilities, increasing...
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Platform7
Nov 26, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY:SEA SALT
A fascinating conversation during Tuesday (24 Nov 14) lunchtime took place with a Lloyd's Register employee discussing the difference in...
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Platform7
Nov 23, 20143 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: COULD WATERBORNE PLASTIC BE A RISK TO POWER PLANTS?
This blog post asks whether plastics in water could potentially damage power plant cooling systems and if there were a risk identified...
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Platform7
Nov 22, 20143 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND FUNDING
Monday 17th November 2014 Arts Council England and SHM-Foundation have awarded funding towards maintaining the Waste.Agency intervention,...
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Platform7
Nov 8, 20142 min read
GLIMMERS OF HOPE ON CANNON STREET
The autumn installation on London Cannon Street station is Glimmers of Hope on Cannon Street by Maria Alvarez Echenique's, created in...
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Platform7
Oct 16, 20142 min read
WASTE.AGENCY: A SIMPLE OIL PORTRAIT
Walking through London’s Trafalgar Square this evening, I happened upon a small but vocal protest against Shell Oil funding the Rembrandt...
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Platform7
Oct 3, 20143 min read
WASTE.AGENCY INTRODUCTION
Nestled between London’s two latest skyscrapers, the Leadenhall Building aka `The Cheesegrater’, and 20 Fenchurch Street aka `The...
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