@Foldability by Kyla McCallum… loved it. #glasgow #scotland #uk #paper #art #origami #orange #light #product #design (at The Lighthouse)
marc cairns
Marc Cairns is an architectural designer, gallerist and project director based in Glasgow, Scotland.
Co-founder and director of Pidgin Perfect, a multi-award winning creative studio established in 2011 which brings together people, clients and place to help build better communities for everyone. Pidgin Perfect uses a unique multi-skilled approach combining research, participation and design (RPD) around the built environment, placing the community at the heart of their projects.
Pidgin Perfect proudly represented Scotland at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the project ‘Critical Dialogues’, the project also received the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy Medal for Architecture.
In spring 2012 Marc began his role as a director of MANY, an arts organisation and studio provider located in the Merchant City of Glasgow. In this role, Marc also supports the development and programming of The Telfer Gallery, an artist led contemporary art gallery hosted by MANY Studios.
This is a diaristic blog by Marc which documents his working and personal life.
Follow Marc on Twitter and Instagram; @marcgcairns
Got my work done and my haircut and now I’ve just to pack and I’m all set for my long weekend in #Milan with @gnambox! 🇮🇹 It even got super sunny here in Glasgow! Perfect evening! #glasgow #scotland #uk #milan #italy #europe #trip #ready #guy #beard #scruff #haircut #old #style #new #trim #selfie #gpoy #light #sunshine (at Battlefield)
FINALLY, Spring clothing! From now on I’m oh wearing t-shirts! Bye bye woollen jumpers! ☀😎 #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #spring #weather #flat #sunshine #bright #light #guy #selfie #gpoy #beard #beardsofinstagram #scruff #gap #levis #tshirt #apartment #please #dont #rain (at Battlefield)
Found the Benedict Drew solo show at @Rhubaba to be really unsettling, intense and anxiety inducing… hoping this was the aim of the work. #edinburgh #scotland #uk #scots #gallery #exhibition #art #artist #artwork #selnet #onesie #red #mask #intense #electronic #light (at Rhubaba)
Despite the insanely horrid weather, it rained ALL DAY, our outdoor pop-up cinema project with the @glasgowfilmfest @glasgowyouth was a great success! We screened the amazing ‘GIRL WALK // ALL DAY’ @girlwalkallday alongside a choreographed and interactive dance performance by @DanceHQ with the aim to once again engage the city of #Glasgow with the under used and under valued Clyde Walkway! After 14 hours on site in the rain, yesterday was a all a bit of a blur but this morning I’ve woke up and I’m very excited to process how successful it was… 👍#architecture #popup #cinema #film #dance #screening #outdoor #audience #event #night #art #community #space #public #bridge #colour #light #red #girlwalk #nyc #scotland #uk (at Clyde Walkway)
Potluck Party for Emily Shepherds birthday! Nom nom nom… #glasgow #scotland #uk #birthday #party #potluck #dinner #noms #infoodwetrust #candle #light #smoking #girls (at Pollokshields)
A slightly chubbier me with my Montgomery Cliff haircut in Manhattan in the fall of 2010. Photograph taken by @kistvaen during a day of exploring and adventure. I’m also wearing the first ever @pidginperfect badge we made when we set up the studio! #ThrowbackThursday #nyc #manhattan #fall #autumn #winter #portrait #guy #adventure #tweed #park #bridge #light #fashion (at Central Park )
My city, #Glasgow, and it’s central public square which is soon to be remodelled for the arrival of @glasgow2014. I’m very excited to see the proposals! #city #life #urban #night #light #home #architecture #design #public #space #statues (Taken with Instagram at George Square)
Now we’re playing with fire… Check out our new sign at @The_Telfer Gallery! #glasgow #scotland #uk #art #gallery #exhibition #design #graphic #sigh #light #box #entrance #logo (Taken with Instagram at The Telfer Gallery)
This is espresso coffee not heroin… :\ #venice #venice2012 #italy #coffee #light #drugs #itsnotdrugs #marble #church #architecture (Taken with Instagram at Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice)
