The front cover of Colors 73
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  • The hole
    “This island used to have a heart,” Mama says, abusing the coral necklace between her thumb and her ring finger. “Then someone started to dig it and went on and on until there was nothing left.” “Do you know where we're living Jeff?,” she continues. “On a hole, love, we're living on the edge of a hollow heart”. We're always about to fall, me and Mama. She's always been telling me: she's my aunt and my only love. I'm 31, I don't have a job, I've been living with her all my life, and my name's Jeff. Today the
    monsoon will come. Download (.pdf )
  • title

    Colors 73 - Money
  • client

    United Colors of Benetton
  • role

    Researcher - Contributing editor
  • year

    2008
  • collaborators

    Colors team
  • description

    For this Colors issue, we explored stories about “the rest of the money”, meaning alternative monetary systems and alternative currencies used around the world for the exchange of goods and services. I wrote two pieces and participated in the editorial process, from the conceptual development to the editing of the final texts.