Monthly Archives: March 2013

IDEA The story of Pride and Prejudice, by Twitter Packaged up somehow, maybe a box, maybe like GFSmith book, each phrase is on a separate card, beautifully done – poss with images, poss just text, foiled, screenprinted, lasercut, etc The … Continue reading →

  So ideas included; making a book of invisible type – the whole feed but only the important bits are in darker, readable type – could be a very delicate book  Could be a big long scroll – like how … Continue reading →

Type trials, using a sans serif font, a 3% black panel, with 13% black type, and 30% black for the words I wanted to stand out. EXPERIMENT The content for this was the facts about online skimming. I got 3 … Continue reading →

After the tutorial, I decided that the way to go about this experiment was to pick a classic story that I know, which has also been a film/a few films (to guarantee enough tweets would have been made about it). To start … Continue reading →

After presenting my experiments so far, we came to the conclusion that it is now time in the project to think about content. How can I show and tell what I am trying to say, by giving a visual example … Continue reading →

I came across this gf smith booklet recently It’s designed so that in order to get in it you have to tear a perforated tab down the right hand side, but from the top and bottom you can see there … Continue reading →

The idea of us viewing the screen in an “F” shape could be quite visual – immediately thinking of trying to create some ‘invisible type’ – only the the things within the “F” shape would be visible, the rest invisible … Continue reading →

http://nichcy.org/dissemination/tools/webwriting/reading Came across this while looking at skim-reading WHO: Jakob Nielson WHAT: One of the most influential researchers into web reading behaviour MAIN POINTS: How Users Read on the Web – they dont Web users sweep their eyes across the … Continue reading →

PAPER USED – WATERPROOF, ANTI-CREASE (TOUGHPRINT PAPER) why – as a flipbook, the book gets more wear and tear – important to think about a more durable paper Content how could be made better (bulk print) What content could be … Continue reading →

After experimenting with a small tester for the flip book experiment, I decided to push the idea to a final outcome. PROCESS Create RSS text in indesign on different slides, record slideshow on quicktime player, and turn .MOV into .MP4 … Continue reading →

HAPTICS  ‘The human mind takes pleasure in complex things like these, which carry a plethora of information.’ ‘The human brain likes anything that entails a great amount of information.’ Although todays society is said to be in a state of … Continue reading →

1. PROBLEM Deterioration of the senses EXAMPLE skim reading online, diminishd memory  WHY touch carries lots of information, learning = touch(haptics) computer screen barrier WHAT (is better) Medium is the message (paper), tangible things 2. PROBLEM Consuming more, understanding less EXAMPLE Blogs, twitter – links … Continue reading →

http://bretthard.in/2013/01/effectively-consuming-valuable-content/ http://readwrite.com/2008/05/07/the_stats_are_in_youre_just_skimming_this_article http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/is-too-much-information-bad-for-us/

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-to-consume-your-digital-information-more-efficiently.html http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2006/02/the_speed_of_in.php http://readwrite.com/2008/05/07/the_stats_are_in_youre_just_skimming_this_article http://timothykenny.com/uncategorized/how-can-i-learn-to-consume-more-information-at-a-faster-rate “Some books are meant to be tasted, others to be swallowed,  and some few to be chewed and digested;  That is, some books are to be read only in parts; Others to be read, but not … Continue reading →

Could go a few different ways from here depending on type of brief. Either user-centered brief – identify audience, problem, and find a solution  Problem would be we are overloaded with information – we have started to skim over information, … Continue reading →

 Some of these came out quite well, the process can be quite unpredictable, and some parts of the letters are missing, but with the purple image this adds to the interest, and conveys my point quite well of a deterioration … Continue reading →

 first I photocopied the words I wanted onto acetate, and put onto the exposure unit surface  The screen was placed over the top of the acetate, the lid on the unit shut, and the screen exposed for 100 seconds ( … Continue reading →

INFORMATION CATCH “AQUIRING KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THE GOAL – NEEDS TO BE A STARTING POINT FOR OUR IMAGINATION ” EXFORMATION – EXPLICITLY DISCARDED INFORMATION – “UNDERSTANDING HOW LITTLE WE KNOW” – ACCEPTANCE RATHER THAN FIGHTING FOR MORE LE MIS WRITER … Continue reading →