As the taste for the digital book continues to grow within the American lifestyle. A world of books is still preferred amongst the core of our friends and family. But for how much longer til the convenience of a library-on-the-go book system catches up with the home?
One of the coolest gifts one can possibly give or receive in tribute to the late Steve Jobs is this pretty cool book that seems to highlight the impact the iPad has had on the publishing industry. Give it another seven or so years, books of the future will look exactly like this one.
Although a little more symbolic, and now off track. The book itself is a tribute to the history of Steve Jobs, but the hollowed out version from Hollow Book Company continues to bring forth the inspiration that we once remembered from good ‘ol Steve.
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Hollow Book by HollowBookCompany.
Recently I’ve had a run in with Amazon whom failed to deliver my Epson printer, which I patiently waited 10 days for. I did get a refund, but in disgust of the wait time, I ran over to Best Buy to try to pick up the same printer. Instead I find another.
When the dreamers and imaginations from those of the past thought of the future of information. They imagined having every book, document, map, reference. They dreamt of magical dial systems so elaborative, that one could call for poetry, fiction, non-fiction, history, drama, philosophy in multiple languages. With the advent of miniature photography, galleries, sculptures, architecture could all be gazed at from under the microscope. Mounds of information could fit into a single postcard where public reading could exist.
So recently I’ve been working on my off computer design skills, and have been using powered glues which require them to be mixed with water. Which is a semi-new experience for me because I’ve not touched glue since I graduated from school. Since more and more work done on computers are done on computers. However the handcrafted world is still done best by hand. A graphic designer’s world is left so flat and simulated on the computer. Even with all the magic of limitless undos, and cleanest of cutting that didn’t leave little pieces of dust, scraps and little round circles on the floor. Photoshop lacks the ability to capture human mistakes that can become part of the art. The art of plop, the spill, the drip. The rusty nail, damage from water, burnt to a crisp, edges gone wild due to temperatures of the room. The natural habitat of the artist/ designer has to be remembered, simulated in the mechanical workings of Photoshop.
More innovation coming out of Palo Alto, Benedikt Steinhoff designs an intelligent lighting system of rim mounted hardware and LEDs called Revolights, which is able to project lighting from the front and back, as well as the sides of your biking path. These lights visibility in the darkness to improve safety measures for bikers sharing the road.