Lecture Stuart Tolley & Darren Wall (from Read Only Memory)
- launched his own one-man publishing company Read Only Memory
- wanted to make objects that people keep in their home, like record covers -> less and less physical, less budget
-> had idea to design a book on a video game publisher called Sensible Software -> was success => people contacted him for more
- exclusively published books about computer game history: Audience initially gamers that became old and no time anymore for gaming + need for take games for seriously
- found a niche and demand for those specific book was there
- important to be connected to people wether on slack with freelancers he works with or with audience.
- choose right people to work with
Webinar – CRIT session
Today I showed my design idea the first time in fron of several students as part of the CRIT. I have hesitated the last time to talk about my idea. Now it was a bit more clear what i wanted to do.
When I showed the front cover of the book Louis mentioned he liked the idea in general. Regarding the reflections he said I could distort or warp the design a bit more (express more). I wasn’t entirely sure what he meant. He also sent me later a bit more explanation in a private message….
Michela was curious about my color choice (the gold) because it’s a quite “luxurious” color but at the same time simple. I told her that the glass itself is a luxurious product and yes I thought it was simple. Also she mentioned later kintsugi, a japanese way of forming objects (? I have to check that later) out of fragments such as bowls…
Kieran mentioned that he went to a Stasi museum in Germany in the past and that my project reminded me of the paper fragments that you can see in those places.
Frauke added that to that the ‘fragility of paper’. And that I could work a bit more on the typographic statement. In the tutorial I had with earlier this week she mentioned I could liven up the design a bit more like a theatre play, add e.g. the artifact being handed around to my relatives. But I asked her mainly about my research question for the essay.
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Brian Eno – Oblique strategies
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