After a year of big transitions — to a new platform, with a disbanded paywall, free content for everyone and new publishing schedule — here’s an update on Improvised Life and its fantastic community.
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Our Most Effective Strategy for Problem Solving
An essential question, and strategy, can help find unexpected solutions to problems.
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The Unpredictable Results of Artistic Explorations
This strangely beautiful photo is of a failed experiment, or perhaps better put, exploration. Paper artist extraordinaire Matthew Sporzynski sent it to us in an email chain revealing the mindset of a pure creative:
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d-i-y adjustable shoulder strap for your boat bags
One of the people we miss most since we left our old digs is paper artist extraordinaire Matthew Sporzynski, also known as the Couturier de Carboard. (Check out some of his wonderful paper constructions here.) It seems that whenever we ran into him in the elevator or on the street, we’d learn something illuminating. Matthew is…
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give your gift in a fab (recycled) box
We’ve written a number of times about the gifts our neighbor Matthew Sporzynski occasionally leaves outside our door. They always come with perfect timing for whatever is going on in our lives, and are always wonderfully presented. Like this one. Matthew called to say “I made an experimental mac-and-cheese. Would you like to try it?”…
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couturier de cardboard: matthew sporzynski
Matthew Sporzynski whose impromptu gift I blogged about a few days ago, is an artist whose medium is paper. His business card reads: “Couturier de Cardboard”. Although Matthew’s work is published regularly in Real Simple, and he has made his unique creations for Estee Lauder, Ralph Lauren, and the Special Events department of The Museum of Modern…
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