This is a place to discuss the importance of tactility. With every passing day, our culture is moving away from tangible forms of media/correspondence/etc. to all things technology-based. This blog is a work in progress. Please share with like-minded friends, colleagues and family. In 20 years, I don't want holding a real book or photograph to be only a memory. If you have ideas on topics or would like to share links, please send me an email at touchmeimtangible@gmail.com.
I can’t think of a better way to put down thoughts than on this…
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A 1930’s Remington Portable model 5 custom-painted and refurbished in James Bond gold by Kasbah. If you like your machines to not only work well but provide a cool exterior that screams “hot and now, yet classic and understated,” this just might be your guy. The machine has been fully restored and works perfectly.
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As a child, I felt that books were holy objects to be caressed, rapturously sniffed, and devotedly provided for.” — Maurice Sendak
i was excited to see this article about Time Out New York releasing an all 3D issue…. hope you’re in an area of our country to enjoy!
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Really interesting concept. I know I’ll be supporting them. Will you?
Read an interview with the creators here:
http://gizmodo.com/5530008/48-hours-1000s-of-contributors-1-magazine
update
WSJ write-up: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/05/10/creating-a-magazine-over-a-weekend/
In the May 2010 issue of Nylon, I came across a write-up for a book titled, Breathless Homicidal Slime Mutants by Steve Brower.
In 1968, The New York Times Book Review editor John Leonard famously said of mass-market paperbacks: “They can be stuffed in purses, left in buses, dropped in toilets, used as coasters, eaten, and thrown away… To buy a paperback today is to buy the means of revenging oneself on Western culture.” Now, in the age of Kindle, doing so seems antiquated. But for Steven Brower, the author of BHSM - a book that celebrates the art of the paperback - there is nothing quite like printed matter. This book chronicles the history of the paperback format and the highlights the designers behind the tantalizing cover art that became its signature selling point. From Westerns and sci-fi tales to mysteries and classics, from sub-genres like juvenile delinquency to lesbian pulp fiction, the paperback had widespread appeal, and to avid readers and vintage design geeks who prefer their books not to be battery-operated, it always will. (written by Fiorella Valdesolo)
I agree… there is absolutely nothing quite like printed matter.
