‘where do we migrate to?’

We spotted this very intriguing question on our friend Tara Mann‘s site; it’s the title of an exhibition at Parsons. Tara took this instagram in the lobby: just a question. It made us think… where we’ve been… where we’re going… what’s been the great migration?… Related posts: when is enough plenty? david allen’s potent questions for…

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party favor/catalyst: random pairs of glasses

We found this compelling image on one of Tara Mann’s blogs, and followed it to photographer Jeanie Choi’s Tumblr. Don’t know what the story is but IMAGINED what a funny thing it would be to have a party and offer guests their choice of glasses (sans lenses, perhaps) as an instant change of identity plus conversation…

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re-thinking book design (tara mann)

Tara Mann who often works at ‘the improvised life’ is also pursuing a BFA in Communication Design AND a BA in Digital Media. She recently posted a portfolio of her work from last semester. We love her design of an intense philosophical essay: to format it as a WORKBOOK with lots of white space around the text.…

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(happy) memorial day

After we took a look at Wikipedia‘s entry about Memorial Day, we realized that, for us and many folks, the day has come to mean “the beginning of summer” rather than a remembrance of people who had died fighting in wars. We imagined losing someone we love that way and got a different view of…

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