February 4, 2010
Overmatter
Malcolm Garrett feels good about the iPad: ‘For me the real interest lies in the evolution of the interface rather than any debate about the precise form factor’. More here.
US shopping title Lucky is latest to experiment with using printed barcodes to activate digital content, this time using Microsoft Tag technology to link to videos on smartphones.
Italian magazine Rent looks interesting – infographics ahoy!
Not magazines really, but Duke Press are making some cool short-run publications, particularly this one from Jess Wilson.
There was a great excerpt from Patti Smith’s upcoming autobiograpy in the Observer last weekend. It has it all: Mapplethorpe, New York, the Velvets, Warhol, but overlooked one key detail. Here, designer/writer Steven Heller reminisces about how he worked with Smith on a music mag back in the seventies. His short piece sums up the story arc of young rebel through to happy mom.
