from Content, by Rem Koolhaas
The gang at Design Observer have started a Flickr set showcasing the Table of Contents page. The set is meant as a visual archive of TOC and as an accompaniment to their 2007 book The Next Page: Thirty Tables of Contents which was published to coincide with AIGA’s Biennial National Design Conference in Denver, the theme of which was “Next.”
“Often overlooked by serious bibliophiles, the humble TOC is our portal into a world of knowledge. In the realm of the printed word, it heralds what comes next, a verbal proscenium with its own peculiar prose and typographic conventions.”
One is encouraged to scan and upload contents pages from your own library and add them to the group’s photo pool.