(Originally published in Visual Arts News Sheet, Dublin) “A salient feature of these riots,” designer Adrian Shaughnessy wrote of the recent disorder in England, “has been the fact that the main target of the attacks has been the shops of the major retail brands of British commercial life.” Writing on Design Observer’s website, Shaughnessy further noted that most of the outlets which were targeted – sports stores, mobile phone shops – “spend huge amounts of money on brandi...
