Author: economist

Local Objects exhibit at Gaffa

5 August 2013

exhibit: Local Objects artist: Amory Starr gallery: Gaffa, 281 Clarence Street context: Sydney Design Week 2013 run: 25 July – 5 August. opening: 25 July

John Talbot Woodworks (and Poetry)

1 July 2013

I was a contractor. I bought a hobby lathe on sale. I burned out the motor in 6 months, so I knew I had found

Maaike Furniture Resurrection

1 July 2013

This piece was a curbside find from the South Coast. My sister has developed a habit of txting me when she sees things. It was

Wendy Neale on Sustainable Furniture

1 July 2013

At the centre of my design interventions is the idea of working in the margins, on the edge, in the spaces between. “Embodiment” refers to

things I want

1 June 2013

There are quite a number of things that I would LOVE to be able to pay an artisan to make/fix/modify for me. The number one

It’s happening, musicians are figuring it out

3 August 2012

Musicians, hackers, and writers are in mess right now, because they love making stuff and they want to share it, but the internet makes everything

What to call the new economics

26 July 2012

I’ve been talking with the awesome Charles Heying, author of Brew to Bikes (2010) about naming this movement. Is it: slow: “seeking to do everything at

The Integrity Economy

16 June 2012

I don’t usually eat meusli, but my body targeted its cravings that way last week, and I follow. I found a beautiful one, and expensive,

What kind of economist are you?

2 June 2012

I use to teach economics. Now I’m a professional artist and I teach. Often I spend 4 hours preparing a class that earns $50. My

Wendy Neale, Maker

22 July 2010

Interview by Tara Robertson in World Sweet World Issue #07 Original here: World Sweet World: Issue #07 67 STORY TIME: WENDY NEALE: MAKER She is

The Local Objects Manifesto

13 April 2008

I’ve been writing about the ravages of globalization and peoples’ ferocious rejection of its conditions for a long time. I researched and wrote about the