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Article: No guts no glory; Printed Matter: Bound for Glory celebrates the printed word and image, but how much do visuals mean without explanations, asks Matthew Valentine.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- Design Week
- Article date:
- December 17, 1999
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Far from fulfilling its early promise to make the printed word redundant, the Internet has instead made a number of millionaires, as publicity-hungry entrepreneurs exploit this virtual venue for selling books.
Printed Matter: Bound for Glory points out that the development of electronic communication has actually pushed the design of books forward, enabling them to sit comfortably alongside other media channels. It could even be argued that the relative permanence of books, when compared to computer files or soon to be obsolete disk formats, makes us cherish the printed word even more than before.
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