Mergers is an inquiry into the incestuous world of corporate America. It is also a study in pattern and identity. The website, theyrule.net, referenced in Mergers, offers insight into corporate America. It shows links between companies through their Board of Directors. Did you ever feel like the corporate machine was somehow connected, and out to get you? Well, it turns out it really is. This collection of patterns reveals the connections, but offers a new solution by revealing these connected identities and giving them visual context.