History and Future
My 5 print related thoughts for 2008
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- Print providers will consider to recruit more knowledge workers next to craftsmen. As a consequence of that they will realize that differentiation is necessary.
The print industry is known as a slow mover, when it comes to technology and innovation. Despite that, 2008 will sure be the year […]
Letterpress puts a bite into the paper.
Mick from The Wondering Boys, a designer duo from Gent pointed me to this beautiful documentary about the letterpress.
Like the comment on the youtube page of this movie says: “This wonderful little documentary speaks to the craftsmanship and love of traditional design that drew many of us into the world of graphic design years ago. […]
Wednesday Geekday #4: Plinkjet
[lang_en]Lesley Flanigan, a graduate student at ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYC) and Andy Dorow, showed the Plink Jet at the ITP Winter Show 2007.
The object, called ‘Plink jet’ is made out of four old inkjet printers. It uses the back-and-forth mechanisms out of four old ink jet printers to slide up and down four guitar […]
[lang_en]2008: 500 years of printing in Scotland.[/lang_en][lang_nl]2008: 500 jaar printen in Schotland[/lang_nl]
[lang_en]On 15 September 1507, James IV of Scotland granted Walter Chepman, an Edinburgh merchant, and his business partner Androw Myllar, a bookseller, the first royal licence for printing in Scotland. Chempan provided the money, while Myllar, involved in printing in France, delivered the know how.
The first printed book from this press with a definite date […]
[lang_en]Does Kindle announce the end of print?[/lang_en][lang_nl]Luidt Kindle het einde van het (boek)print tijdperk in?[/lang_nl]
[lang_en] We can’t get past it this week. Amazon launched its own digital book reader. The question that some of us ask is if this will be the end of (book) print. What do you think? Will you consider buying one? Do you see yourselve reading a book on this device? Will this be the […]
[lang_en]Google takes first steps in innovating print publications.[/lang_en][lang_nl]Google zet eerste stappen richting innovatieve print publicaties[/lang_nl]
[lang_en]Last week, a patent was granted to Google. It is entitled: “Customization of content and advertisements in publication”. The text of that defines the invention is:
“A method includes receiving personalized content from a plurality of content sources. The personalized content is based on user input. The […]
[lang_en]Printing in wartime SAD#2[lang_en][lang_nl]Drukken in oorlogstijd SAD#2[/lang_nl]
[lang_en]Printing served many purposes. One of the most known ‘users’ of printing communication is the church. During World War II the printing industry both suffered, due to a lack of resources, from and served, as propaganda or to recruit , the war industry.
The print industry was the most effective mean of mass communication […]
Wednesday Geekday #2
[lang_en]Printing is more than ink on paper. We all know that. The verb printing is also used in proto typing. Rapid ProtoTyping or 3D printing is the process of automized construction of a physical object. Started in the eighties and now widely used, it starts to gain ground in retail business. Take a lookt at […]
[lang_en]A coach or a car.[/lang_en][lang_nl]Een koetsauto[/lang_nl]
[lang_en]Last weekend I visited Autoworld in Brussels. The exhibition illustrates the history of the car. From the very first car to the latest audi TT.
The invention of the car was an innovation that had an impact on communication. Messages, packets and people could be transported further, faster and without the need for animals.
One of the […]
[lang_en]Utopia[/lang_en][lang_nl]Utopia[/lang_nl]
[lang_nl]De Franse Nationale Bibliotheek heeft een aantal interessante virtuele tentoonstellingen. Eén ervan is “Utopie, la quête de la société idéale en accident“. Het is een uitvoerige expositie, bestaande uit verschillende artikels en tractaten. Een onderdeel van de tentoonstelling zijn de ‘Feuilletoirs‘. Het zijn individuele kaartjes uit 1910, die bij voeding gestoken […]
