The Book of Conversations
When was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that was out of the blue, intriguing and interesting. A conversation where you found out so much more about your friends and so much about yourself. The Book of Conversations came to life because the two people behind the project, Jason Schragger and Mark Carolan, believe we simply aren’t as good at talking as we used to be. Too often we just trade information. What we did, what we bought, where we went, what we did at work. The book is a collection of questions, each question a conversation starter. It’s the intrigue of exploring someone and discovering what lies beneath. Some questions are deep, some trivial and some you will never forget.
120 artists participated in the book. The book includes photographersRankin, Julia Fullterton-Batten and Andreas Smetana. Mark Porter,Creative Director of The Guardian, James Sommerville, Co-founder of TheAttik, Illustrators Aardman Animations (Creators of Wallace &Gromit), eBoy, Faiyaz Jafri, and Gary Taxali. And many creatives fromAdvertising Agencies around the world: Weiden+Kennedy, The Glue SocietySydney, TBWA, Madre Buenos Aires, Strawberry Frog New York and JWTTokyo.
Conversations are free entertainment. Great conversationsstay with you for a lifetime,” said Schragger. “We wanted to create abook that sits on a table to be explored by you and your friends. Abook that leads to hours of enjoyment, thought, laughter and selfreflection. The more we talk the more we truly make proper connections.”
“Theproject started on Valentines Day in 2007, although it had been talkedabout and written for over 3 years before,” added Carolan. “As eachperson said yes, their name and a small write-up about them was addedto a blog. They were then each sent a question and given three monthsto return with their image. The results were amazing.”
The Bookof Conversations by Jason Schragger and Mark Carolan (Colour, 265 x 285mm, 270 pages, hard cover) sells for 39.90 Euros. The book is availableto buy online at www.bookofconversations.com
6 Comments
Sounds like an idea for a telecom pitch that was rejected.
Funny… never knew Mark Carolan could hold a conversation 🙂
Tried the plastic surgery line in a bar and got slapped.
Impressive list of artists they pulled together. Nice to see people doing things outside of advertising.
Agree with 8:22. Fair play to them.
Shame there’s not more artists from Singapore though. Only Roy and Jonathan Nah in there.
Cool idea boys. It will look great on my coffee table.