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Challenges

-Cuba

Old and New

In Havana, there are plenty of taxis available to both locals and tourists.  They range from classic American cars, through ladas to rickshaws. The most unusual is the yellow globe-shaped […]
Old and New

-London

Flying Beetles

Elytra Filament Pavilion formed part of the 2016 V&A Engineering Season.  This overhead structure was inspired by the shells of flying beetles known as elytra. The result was an undulating expanse of […]
Flying Beetles

-Cuba

Che

This mural by Vin Sever (my interpretation of the signature) adorns a wall at the corner of San Ignacio and Santa Clara, very close to the Plaza Vieja in Havana. Many of […]
Che

-Cuba

Outrageous Orange

  Hex color reference:  #FF664E A colourful note: this red-orange shade is known in Crayola world as Outrageous Orange.  It was born in 1972 as Ultra Orange Fluorescent  but took on its more […]
Outrageous Orange

-Cuba

Farewell Castro

  Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Prime Minister then President until 2008, died on 25 November 2016. He reached the grand age of 90, despite many assassination attempts.  It has been estimated that he […]
Farewell Castro