Web: Lovely blog On A Wednesday gives us a glmpse into New Yorkers' lives
I know you all probably think I’m quite a slick arts journalist type who embodies sophistication (ha!) but at heart I’m pretty simple. Maybe that explains why I am so drawn to this project On A Wednesday like a moth to a sexy lady moth. It’s the work of Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer, who were moved to try and answer the fundamental question: “There are a lot of people out there. What are they all doing?”
So they set out into New York every Wednesday to find out, approaching the people they ran across, asking them a few questions and taking a photo. We get pontifications about acupuncture, retirement and a pregnancy revelation, but what’s so great about this is how is that even in the most terse interviews, we get a sense of that person and their place in the world, such as Robert and his desperation to get out of work every day.
Lovely stuff – keep up the good work Dave and Bekka!
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
Dave Dawson and Bekka Palmer: On A Wednesday
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.










