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From Beijing with Love



Thursday, May 14, 2009

By Becky Everett



Artist and designer Mary Wiseman clearly values artistic freedom—when she handed out 100 blank journals for 100 days in Beijing, Wiseman invited recipients to decorate them any way they saw fit. The journals, which were passed from person to person during the 100 days, were embellished with words, drawings, collages and more by the anonymous… Continue

When faced with a blank journal page, what would you add?

Designer Mary Wiseman wanted to find out on an international level. A

resident of Beijing, China, for 15 years, Wiseman distributed 100 blank

journals, for 100 days, throughout the city of Beijing. She invited

participants to add to the books anything they desired-words, sketches,

collages, and beyond- then pass the books to another. “I wanted to see… Continue