The FOMObile It stands for Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) and could be the next disruptive technology for the publishing industry. It makes its debut at Design Week in Milan and will "trawl content from social media" and the scheduled programming to produce a newspaper that will be distributed for free. The software, developed by Space Caviar, "will automatically create written articles from live speech and social media streams" during the three-day event. FOMO will use voice recognition software, combined with information scraped from online data including tweets and instagram activity using the hashtag #OnTheFlyMilan, to automatically generate a PDF document....
A man, his camera and the library: Robert Dawson and the American Commons
A public library can mean different things to different people. For me, the library offers our best example of the public commons. For many, the library upholds the nineteenth-century belief that the future of democracy is contingent upon an educated citizenry. For others, the library simply means free access to the Internet, or a warm place to take shelter, a chance for an education, or the endless possibilities that jump to life in your imagination the moment you open the cover of a book. - Robert Dawson It is being billed as the most comprehensive visual survey of American libraries ever...
alternative Movie Posters: Film Art From the underground
As much as a well-designed book can lead you to buy it a well-designed movie poster can make you want go to see the movie. Fortunately the era of bland studio-produced posters has been supplanted by a new crop of illustrators and artists. alternative Movie Posters: Film Art From The underground by Matthew Chojnacki brings us the first comprehensive look at this blossoming genre with 200 posters from over 100 artists. The book also features commentary from each artist that includes questions regarding influences, their preferred medium, and the impetus behind each poster. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory by Zoltron Thse...
Follow the Rainbow: The Children’s Section at Saraiva Bookstore in São Paulo
Wow! Loving this interior designed by architect and furniture designer Arthur Casas for the Saraiva Bookstore in São Paulo, Brazil . While the rest of the bookstore stays pretty linear he has created a stunning children's section. Wrapped in a rainbow-colored carpet with Gaudi-style shelves for display I'd be hard-pressed to get my kids to ever want to leave. Images via Fubiz h/t Neatorama
Agatha Christie at Home
She has sold more books than any other novelist, period. With about 4 billion sold she only trails Shakespeare and the Bible in the standings for the world's most published book. With Agatha Christie at Home, Hilary Macaskill gives us a tour of the homes Christie lived in throughout her life, with special emphasis on her home in Greenway in the Devon countryside which provided consistent inspiration for her work and "became the repository of her life." Greenway, now owned by the National Trust, was opened to the public in 2009. The library at Greenway Christie doing a little touch-up...