THE STATE is a publishing practice based out of Dubai, U.A.E. It investigates South-South reorientations, problematised futurisms, transgressive cultural criticism, and the sensuous architecture of this “printernet.”

AKA «browning the future»

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Jul 19, 2012
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You see, we don’t sell things. We sell the idea of their potential in her world. At first, I didn’t know if I could handle a manipulative business model. But the women I work with are truly sweet, so I convinced myself I was playing house, and it helped. Now I fold the hand-embroidered tea towels and daydream. How funny that the IRL has wedged me into a life even less real than the one I had to leave. The aprons are downstairs and the shoe cupboard’s around the corner. There’s even a fragrance that smells like angel food cake. (via (un)tidying domestic bliss 1: where the candle burns | THE STATE)

You see, we don’t sell things. We sell the idea of their potential in her world. At first, I didn’t know if I could handle a manipulative business model. But the women I work with are truly sweet, so I convinced myself I was playing house, and it helped. Now I fold the hand-embroidered tea towels and daydream. How funny that the IRL has wedged me into a life even less real than the one I had to leave. The aprons are downstairs and the shoe cupboard’s around the corner. There’s even a fragrance that smells like angel food cake. (via (un)tidying domestic bliss 1: where the candle burns | THE STATE)