The Firehouse Salon

This time a conversation with Nicholas DeMille on the “engineering/architecture” of narrative. We discussed salons and coffee houses as “social technologies” that emerge across history after technolo...

13 Aug 43min

I was interested in what was going on with Openclaw and heard that Lan Wei, a PHD at MBZUAI had won a hackathon experimenting with the edges of a new technology. Turns out her keen interest is the int...

19 Juni 34min

I came to Eduardo's office expecting to talk about cells and data. What I found on his wall were the illustrations of Ernst Haeckel, a 19th-century German naturalist whose drawings of jellyfish, radio...

15 Maj 33min

Drawing on a 1960s speech by Howard Luck Gossage that contrasts money-driven business builders who want repeatable formulas with creative people who become more exploratory and less controllable as th...

9 Apr 13min

After a five-month hiatus and a move to Abu Dhabi to take up the role of Head of Creative at the AI university MBZUAI, I've finally worked out why I got stuck with the Salon, and what it should become...

15 Mars 10min

After 2 years on BBC sounds the link to our radio show is no longer working... so... the opportunity to share it with you here. One of the advantages is the opportunity to share with you a new 'direct...

6 Aug 202553min

In this episode of Firehouse Salon Live, we discussed creativity and the process behind it with our guests: Filmmaker Philip Rachid - https://www.linkedin.com/in/philiprachid/ and Designer Dave Office...

19 Juni 20251h 3min

In this episode, we dive into the legacy of Howard Luck Gossage and explore creativity, environment, and unconventional thinking. Guests: Ali Grant - Designer and inventor of the Halo - https://www....

22 Maj 202558min