SPRANGER PUBLISHING HOUSE-ISH / THE READING ROOM

ESTABLISHMENT ENERGY.
INDEPENDENT MIND.

Serious ideas.
Unruly house.

The work is serious.
The institution has a sense of humour.

A home for considered work, difficult questions, and an irreverent imagination. We take the ideas seriously. Ourselves? A little less so.

Enter the reading room Meet the house

FIG. 01 /
THE HOUSE MARK The authentic Spranger tipped rook: a black rook lying on its side, beneath the little red house.

A little less ivory tower. A little more home.

READ DEEPLY. QUESTION FREELY.
BRING YOUR WHOLE SELF.

THE ROOK IS DOWN.
THE IDEAS ARE VERY MUCH UP.

RIGOUR WITHOUT THE POMPOSITYPLAYFULNESS WITHOUT THE SHRUG

01 / THE WORK COMES FIRST

Open minds.
Open the work.

A reading room, not a velvet rope.
Start with the ideas. Follow the questions.
The house can wait.

FEATURED WORK / IDEAS & SYSTEMS

The valavaiau Protocol

A framework for examining systems, institutional friction and equity.

A Grand Unified Theory of Systemic Friction, Institutional Entropy, and Algorithmic Equity.

Explore the work

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02.

Government, Politics and Ruling Powers—How-Not-To

Experimental political satire. A different way into the machinery of power.

03.

Path to Compassionate Leadership

Compassionate leadership, given room for thoughtful exploration.

04.

Harnessing AI for Social Good

An exploration of artificial intelligence and social good.

02 / THE HOUSE STYLE

A sharp mind.
A soft landing.

Be kind to the person.
Be a right nuisance to the nonsense.

There is room here for serious inquiry and playful invention. For work that matters and jokes that let a little air in. The satire is aimed at the machinery, never at the person trying to be heard.

RIGOUR IN THE WORK.
HUMANITY IN THE ROOM.

03 / THE COMPLAINT-COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT

A formality.
About a form.

For concerns about our complaints procedure, please consult our complaints procedure.

FORM CC / COMPLAINTS ABOUT FORMSSH-ISH / 01

We hear you.
In theory.

The only forms we allow are complaints about the complaint form. Choose your objection. Receive an impressively unhelpful fictional response.

SPRANGER HOUSE-ISH
DEPARTMENT OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

YOUR FICTIONAL RECEIPT AWAITS

An acknowledgement
of an acknowledgement.

Select a grievance. Receive a reference number. Experience the warm administrative glow of something looking like progress.

REFERENCE: SH-ISH / NOT YET
RESOLUTION: LET’S NOT RUSH

At last. A paper trail that admits it goes nowhere.

Complaints about the complaint form are the only forms we allow!

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Serious ideas.Unruly house.

Open minds.Open the work.