Buttons for sale!

Every M'er shares the expenses of producing Project M. The expenses for 2008 are $2,000 each, excluding travel and incidental expenses. To help raise funds, I am selling buttons! Please e-mail me if you would like more information. 

M Application

The third application requirement for Project M: Draw nothing. (This doesn't mean send in a blank sheet of paper.) I must admit I was stumped by this for a bit, I naturally gravitate to illustration. I suppose I could have drawn "nothing" — that is, something that is nothing. In the end, I embroidered a sampler inspired by two quotes, satisfying the type nerd in me.

The human brain tends to think along predetermined linear thought pathways. Such linear thinking can inhibit true innovation and creative exploration. Project M will encourage, and provide techniques for, "thinking wrong" to generate new ideas and design directions. — John Bielenberg, Project M

If architecture is going to inspire community, or stimulate the status quo in making responsible environmental and social structural changes now and in the future, it will take what I call the "subversive leadership" of academicians and practitioners to remind the student of architecture that theory and practice are not only interwoven with one's culture but with the responsibility of shaping the environment, of breaking up social complacency, and challenging the power of the status quo. — Samuel Mockbee, Rural Studio

*I arrive in Greensboro, Alabama on June 1, 2008 and leave on June 27, 2008. I promise to blog to the best of my ability during M. Thanks for your interest and support! Feel free to comment or e-mail.