ORIGIN: 'What is fromness?' is inspired by 'Ask me where I'm local' by Taiye Selasi: 'When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer?' Selasi speaks for "multi-local" people. In other words, people who feel at home in the town where they grew…
MAKE A ZINE with just eight people. Meet new people. Make a publication. Short, sweet, and on the spot. Join us at Atelier S P A C E || Kärsämäki. DESIGN KOMPANY are hosting a popup workshop, Atelier S P A C E, at Kärsämäki in Finland. This is a…
DK and friends are together hosting a series of conversation salons in Kärsämäki, Finland, on the conversation topic, 'Then & Now.' Can we preserve an old way of life, or parts of it, as we move forward in time? How do we define 'progress?' What is important to keep, and how…
THE ODDEST thing about being still for a long moment, especially when the sun doesn't set, and that moment feels like one day, is that you finally notice what's right in front of you. A river. A tree. And the big sky. This is the feeling of being where I…
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Do you ever feel like it’s getting more and more difficult to find ways to meaningfully connect with others in stimulating conversation? Let me repeat that. Do you ever feel like it’s getting harder to meaningfully connect? I do mean meaningfully, not trivially Was this easier in the past? (Or…
*Happening.* Free with registration. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arts-letters-society-tickets-44788701211 Open invite, +1s welcome. *Secret location* to be shared with registered guests only.
‘... AND THEN WHEN that was done, I came back...’ ‘To start something new.’ ‘I suppose.’ ‘Well, you could do that, here.’ ‘I know! It’s wonderful. I have space and time to write anything. Anything at all. And it feels good, getting better.’ ‘With practice.’ ‘Yes. Also, without the pressure…
WRITERS, designers, artists, business execs, marketing coordinators, communications consultants, and digital agency directors are all invited to talk in this new and different conversation salon. Arts & Letters Society is an open circle that will meet just two times. You are invited to connect with Design Kompany at two A&LS…
WHEN I WORKED a day job, in architecture, I found out about 'The Great Good Place,' a book and idea of Ray Oldenburg's, who called one's "first place" the home and the "second place" the workplace. Wikipedia says his 'third places,' 'are "anchors" of community life and facilitate and foster…
S P A C E || Sheffield Order here. Set in England, November 1998 and May 2016. Creative nonfiction based on real life encounters, S P A C E tells stories in third-person narrative. ‘Briefly in Sheffield’ is part of the larger series, S P A C E, a set of…
STAMMTISCH is MONDAY. Guest artist Mike Dynamo will talk with us about music and writing. More below. Ticket registration page is here. Salons: What are they? Design Kompany hosts conversation salons. This is what it looks like. Pictured, from left: 'The State of Publishing' in Durham NC with Mercury Studio,…
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On Saturday I'll be here hosting the #8 edition of 'Rooftop Philosophy in Phnom Penh.' Where time has literally stopped. Expect the unexpected, and come see. More info at our website, see 'Upcomings'. This time I'll kick things off with what the bright physicist HL told me, about holography, time…
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…
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'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…
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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…
