Saturday strategy for @pidginperfect with @dele_adeyemo and @becca_mthomas at @thegladcafe… 🍷🍞🍅 #glasgow #scotland #uk #meeting #work #food #drinks #business #strategy #planning #bread #dips #wine #yummy #infoodwetrust (at The Glad Café)
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
Even after an incredibly long and hard day yesterday I managed to wake up on the right side of the bed this morning… which is good news for the students at Glasgow School of Art who I’ll be reviewing and critiquing this morning! 😉 #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #morning #sunshine #tuesday #beard #scruff #beardsofinstagram #leather #jacket #grey #red #beige #tenement #landing #off #to #work (at Battlefield)
F**k this week… so happy it’s the weekend. #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #guy #beard #scruff #selfie #gpoy #gallery #space #studio #office #work #friday #week #ugh #leather #levis #clarks #grey #fingers #v #sign #f #you #week (at The Telfer Gallery)
Having a ball at @TheGymGroup #Glasgow this morning… achy abs now though! #gym #health #fitness #exercise #scots #scotland #guy #gpoy #selfie #beard #scruff #work #workout #werk #newbalance #ball #medicine #bikinibody2013 (at The Gym Glasgow)
Making popcorn outside multi storey residential tower blocks with two beautiful lassies, just another day at @pidginperfect! #glasgow #scotland #uk #art #architecture #design #discussion #popcorn #park #greenspace #community #commonwealth #games #2014 #work #pidginperfect #food #fun (at Sandyhills)
Business… #nyc #newyork #manhattan #chelsea #usa #america #google #offices #cab #yellow #city #street #work (at Google New York)
All alone today working from the new Pidgin Perfect office… feels so lonely! All this space to myself, decided to document myself in it for the first of many times I’m sure with a post-lunch #selfie! 😎 #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #office #work #architecture #architects #design #designers #studio #creative #space #guy #beard #scruff #jumper #gap #cos #ikea #barewalls #gpoy #thursday (at Pidgin Perfect )
So happy to be back at @TheGymGroup #Glasgow this morning after a two week hiatus on Doctor’s orders! Time to get back on plan for #BikiniBody2013 💪☺💪 #gym #health #fitness #werk #work #workout #guy #beard #scruff #vest #newbalance #scotland #uk #scots #guns #gunoclock #iwish (at The Gym Glasgow)
Proud moment with @becca_mthomas and @dele_adeyemo this evening… Big night for @pidginperfect. Finally, we brought our work from #scotlandvenice2012 back to #Glasgow for the #CriticalDialoguesII exhibition at @The_Lighthouse. You can view our project, ‘A Play in Three Acts’, until the end of March! #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #gallery #exhibition #biennale #venice #architecture #art #design #discussion #work #studio #pidginperfect #guys #girl #beard #scruff #fancy (at The Lighthouse)
Scoping out potential new property for a new studio development by our soon to be rebranded organisation, #MANY| Studios. Super exciting to finally get moving on the next phase of this project… #WhoWouldLiveInAStudioLikeThis #glasgow #scotland #uk #scots #studio #gallery #art #artists #work #space #architecture #underground #basement (at Top Secret Location)
