'THEY JUST...' 'Yeah, well.' 'Well, you know I can't really judge. I've been doing the same thing all day.' 'Computing?' 'Yeah.' 'I mean, if it was ten years ago, and MA and I were hanging out having our meetups on Tuesdays like we used to, all those many lovely weeks,…
Update: April 12. Very warm thank-you to those who helped me think carefully about the writing for the letter to ask for funds for the Finland programme. I am going to circle back to you individually, so hang on there for a bit, and I will give you the personal report on what's…
HERE ARE SOME of the programmes where we are seeking collaborators, applicants, and partners. http://designkompany.com/for-co-hosts/ MAKING OUR WAY TO N. EUROPE in the coming weeks to host Atelier S P A C E around and about in Finland. This means starting the process of following up on all…
STARTING THIS WEEK, we are sharing the updates to the journey of Atelier S P A C E. through a new mailing list. I wanted to just acknowledge all the very many people I have met who have been a part of this, so far. Thank you, you know who…
FIVE OF US. Wrote a poem together. And I'm going to send it to just the five of us, and that's it. It's called A Song for Jean Rhys. Jean Rhys inspired the work, in a big way, of hosting The Mirror. Writing needn't be about mass producing, or selling,…
Atelier S P A C E is DK's popup, zinemaking on-the-spot workshop. The idea is to gather a handful of people to meet and cocreate a short publication. A zine. So far, DK has hosted Atelier S P A C E in: Battambang, Singapore, Penang, KL, and a few smaller cities…
'THAT WAS GREAT.' 'It was.' 'It's good that we can still talk. A good conversation!' 'It is. It was.' 'About so many kinds of things! It keeps it new. I like that.' 'I do, too.' 'I think... I think that what's really interesting is when you can have the old…
'OH.' 'Yeah.' 'So, like, what was on it.' 'Files.' 'My files, huh. All of my files. Oh, man. The templates. For the zines. And the posters. For the zines... Oooh.' 'Yeah...' 'Did you make a backup?' *sheepishly* 'Of my profile. Yeah.' 'Oh.' 'Um.' 'I know I should have made some…
'DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING. When you come back! It's not like people are going to come flocking around just to see you!' 'I know.' 'It's not like they care!' 'I, um. I know.' 'I don't want you to get it in your head that someone or something is going to come…
GETTING SET here in Bangkok for our 6-10 March zine design atelier. Atelier S P A C E || Bangkok. I'll welcome just a very small handful of people to cocreate an eighth-page zine. Read more under Upcomings and find out how to get involved in the international conversation that…
DK hosts 'In Mixed Company,' a sequel to '16N' which happened in Bangkok in October, 2015. Meet new people in remarkable ways. Prompt-led, guided conversation in a way that opens you up to try new personas, play a little with identity, and brush up your imrovisation skills. Be prepared for…
MEET DK in Kuala Lumpur to talk about things related to creativity, learning, play, travel, journaling, and the journeys. It's an open-space format conversation salon. If you're curious about new and different others, and are interested in a chance to connect I ways that don't involve hand phones, Google, CVs,…
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I THINK we have it. A theme. For our next zinemaking popup, Atelier S P A C E || Kuala Kumpur. Travel. Transit hub that it is, it makes a great setting for the kinds of meandering that wanderers love. Let's talk travel, new places, showing up, taking chances, favorite…
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IT IS INCREDIBLE. The road. How it teaches. You just have no idea where you are going to go, and then, there you are. Writing today from a small unexpectedly well-connected wifi place. Fast. Lucky. Reflecting lately on the journeys, typing and sharing the gems in S P A C E. Enjoying offline random…
THE ATELIER S P A C E Programme here in Cameron Highlands just wrapped and we shared a little about it yesterday in our eZine, S P A C E. Thinking about the people we met and the stories they shared. That means in the atelier, and outside of it,…
TODAY AND TOMORROW, we are in Cameron Highlands hosting a popup salon-workshop. The theme this time is photography, and travel in general. Never thought that I would start writing and blogging and conversing about #travel, you know, with the hashtags and everything. It seems so overdone, these days. It seems…
LIVING IN or traveling through Malaysia? Join Design Kompany for a weekend getaway in Cameron Highlands. You'll be part of an international traveling atelier to make zines in different cities and locations around the world. We will be in Cameron Highlands to make S P A C E || Cameron…
WELCOME. S P A C E is where you are. S P A C E is an eZine, a print zine, and a series of real life ateliers. It looks like this. We are making these ateliers. WHY MAKE SPACE. We are doing this because we love new people, new places,…
