My employers recently sponsored an IXDA London event based on the recent Interactions 12 conference in Dublin. The event was held at the Sapient Nitro offices and with a joint event between their team, my boss and colleagues plus a handful of volunteers, the event seemed to go very smoothly. 

One of the other reasons I was on hand, was to capture some sketchnotes. You can see the results below. 

Thanks to all the speakers — Boon Chew, Giles Colborne, Jonathan Khan, Virginia Cagwin, Pete Trainor, Jason Mesut and John Waterworth.

This week Brad and I went to a talk at the Wellcome Collection titled “Christ to Coke - How Image Becomes Icon” given by Martin Kemp, the Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University.

The talk focused on Martin Kemp’s book of the same name - Christ to Coke - and he discussed some of the icons which made it to the book. My sketchnote of the event is below… 

If you are interested in hearing the lecture, Martin Kemp is speaking at the National Portrait Gallery about Iconography on the 22nd March. Tickets cost £5 / £4.

For my most recent birthday, Brad purchased tickets to a Christmas Cheese Tasting at Neal’s Yard Dairy. We have been before — to their very popular Beer & Cheese tasting — and absolutely loved it. First we found out I was expecting (and that rules out a fair few cheeses) and then the Christmas Cheese tasting was unfortunately cancelled. Thankfully we were able to book into the Mountain Cheese tasting held on February 9th.

This is the little blurb from their website: The cheeses from the mountain regions of Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France and Italy are amongst the oldest, most traditional and romantic in the World. Steeped in history, their origins can be traced back many hundreds of years and beyond. Those generations of experience can result in some of the most exciting and engrossing cheese to be found anywhere. Join us for a high altitude tour of european mountain cheeses that which will expand your taste buds and your imagination.

Brad got to taste all the cheeses on the list but so I didn’t miss out, the team at Neal’s Yard kindly prepared a special pregnancy safe cheese plate just for me. I made lots of notes, which you can see below…