A continual exploration of how the internet and printed matter can
work in tandem today. ‘The Book in the Global Village’ speculates
the role of print in the day of the digital native.
the role of print in the day of the digital native.
Now that our understanding of the world is being constantly and
consistently updated, the book is no longer the most accessible
or fastest means of written communication. In today's age does
the book now need to grow into a mobile device of unification?
Tapping into the passion, humour and sensibility of an internet
age? Working in tandem with the web and linking to our global
village*, to create a place where speech can be stored but also
edited through connection.
consistently updated, the book is no longer the most accessible
or fastest means of written communication. In today's age does
the book now need to grow into a mobile device of unification?
Tapping into the passion, humour and sensibility of an internet
age? Working in tandem with the web and linking to our global
village*, to create a place where speech can be stored but also
edited through connection.
The book as hybrid between material & immaterial space-time.
Connected, separate, individual, whole.
*A term closely associated with Marshall McLuhan, popularised in
his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man.
his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man.
