In a city of more than 22 million people, where and whom would you say that you have a close connection with other than the people in your normal surroundings? I.D.esign is a project that allows a person to connect with a stranger and observe and interact with design through this unfamiliar lens. Our purpose is to create these relationships with two or more people that center around their interest in creativity. We will start the show and the passport that we create will be a hand-made keepsake identification for a unique individual. This passport will serve multiple purposes such as introducting someone new to the holder of that passport as well as keeping track of which hotspot that persons has gone to. We'd like to create this large social network leading to the end reception, where participants will have a chance to interact with each other face to face.
在一个拥有多于两千二百万居民的城市，哪些地方或哪些人可以被你认为是处于你常规圈子以外的呢？I.D.esign的目的是希望一个体验者能够利用另外一个陌生人的角度去思考和感受设计。从这个经历中这位体验者将认识到许多自己不熟悉的领域在此同时也与这位陌生人渐渐熟悉。以北京设计周为背景。我们将为首展提供一个方向性的始端。我们制作的这个护照将成为体验者的一个身份证明。同时，这个护照将拉开交际网，替体验者交到新的朋友。也会在参展的同时记录下体验者的脚步。我们希望利用这个护照来发展多方向的人际关系，这样，在最后一站的聚会，你将会面对面地与对方交流。
Using the reservoir of I.D. mug shots from the I.D.esign passport project (http://nathanbecker.com/china) for "Alt," an alternative, independent artist show inspired by Beijing Design Week. Handmade passports were hand stamped at each art installation or art space along the map, including this prototype for a projection of the faces of passport holders: participating artists, tourists, invited guests, interested people passing or working nearby. The large projection was to further the theme of I.D.esign, questioning the nature of connecting with a stranger, through a 'found' I.D. passport. By publicly projecting the faces, the viewer sees a stranger, a friend, herself in a stream of constantly updating faces.