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Write the Future (Rockefeller Foundation will turn it into art)

Lucy Bernholz

11 Oct 2013

This is a great centennial-celebrating project from The Rockefeller Foundation.



Take a few minutes, add your thoughts about the future and meaning of philanthropy, and on October 14, 2013 the Rockefeller Foundation will unveil the artistic presentation of a globe's worth of ideas.

the covers of the three books in adrienne marie brown's Grievers' trilogy.

PBC 4 Grievers by adrienne marie brown

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overhead photo of a seaside bike lane showing the sharrows for pedestrians and bicycles

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Black book cover with magenta and white bubbles and network image. Title reads AI And Assembly Coming Together and Apart in a Datafied World

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