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