November 29, 2005
Mastering the art of bricolage
A couple of days ago I linked to a piece by Paul Saffo, who was urging us to learn the art of bricolage. Thinking about it afterwards I was reminded of my friend Karen Mahony and her partner Alex Ukolov, who are masters of bricolage. (See here for examples of their work)
Karen is a truly remarkable person. After working successfully for many years in the corporate zone - BT, Wolff Ollins, her own multi-media consultancies, Mahony Associates and Xymbio - she went to live in Prague and re-invented herself.
I have often urged her to keep a record of her activities, because she is one of the few people who really gets network thinking. The businesses she runs with Alex - Baba Studio, The Magic Realist Press and Baba Store are wonderful examples of 21st Century businesses and if she were ever able to find time to write a book about how they have managed to achieve so much in so little time, it would be a great text for people who would like to build "good" businesses.
Posted by richard at November 29, 2005 02:15 PMI don't know very much about how to turn an idea into a business line, but I think that 'collaging' is a very exciting way not only for working but for living too, mixing champagne with Grandville and seeing what happens...
Posted by: Alex at December 5, 2005 10:15 PM