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| − | What are we designing? Book jackets or thumbnails on Amazon? Printed pages or E-book screens? Can an arresting jacket image, a distinctive type treatment, or a strong visual concept be modified to take advantage of new media? Can this be done without compromising the printed piece? Is there a place for the print designer in the e-book world? At this roundtable-style session, we will discuss how designers and art directors can navigate the parallel and sometimes opposing requirements of the print and digital arenas. | + | What are we designing? Book jackets or thumbnails on Amazon? Printed pages or E-book screens? Can an arresting jacket image, a distinctive type treatment, or a strong visual concept be modified to take advantage of new media? Can this be done without compromising the printed piece? Is there a place for the <span class="plainlinks">[http://abelads.com/<span style="color:black;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none!important;background:none!important;text-decoration:none;">print designer</span>]in the e-book world? At this roundtable-style session, we will discuss how designers and art directors can navigate the parallel and sometimes opposing requirements of the print and digital arenas. |
''Chair: Maria Lindenfeldar, Art Director, Princeton University Press'' | ''Chair: Maria Lindenfeldar, Art Director, Princeton University Press'' | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 28 December 2011
Design in the E-book Era
What are we designing? Book jackets or thumbnails on Amazon? Printed pages or E-book screens? Can an arresting jacket image, a distinctive type treatment, or a strong visual concept be modified to take advantage of new media? Can this be done without compromising the printed piece? Is there a place for the print designerin the e-book world? At this roundtable-style session, we will discuss how designers and art directors can navigate the parallel and sometimes opposing requirements of the print and digital arenas.
Chair: Maria Lindenfeldar, Art Director, Princeton University Press
Panelists: Linda Secondari, Creative Director, Oxford University Press; Michael Carabetta, Creative Director, Chronicle Books
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