Materiality cont.

When I think of the materiality of texts, I think of the way we produce, transmit, and store textual and graphic information. It is very important, like a first impression. One of my graphic design books is made in a very interesting manner and I find that I can retain the information better just because it is so different. It keeps my interest and is a delight to my eyes visually. Maybe I am just really anal about the way things are put together anyways because I am majoring in graphic design. I have had to do my fair share of nitpicking, which I believe has given me a slight case of Obsessive-compulsive disorder. (My professors taught me to become a nitpicker and also a “font nazi.”) The space of a book (the material between the covers) has always been an interactive playground. It just depends if a person is brave enough to break these “norms” about the standards.



I love how books and other texts are becoming paperless.
I think that within this day and age that soon ----- everything will become paperless. If you do not own a computer or a device to access the Internet, it’s just going to be SOL (sorry outta luck) for you buddy. I once met this lady at my job that told me that she doesn’t use a computer and never has ever in her life. (I seem to be getting off on a tangent) It was just sad. I wondered if she had been living in a rock all of her life. She wasn’t even elderly.