OUGD601 - RESEARCH - People Of Print

PEOPLE OF PRINT: INNOVATIVE, INDEPENDENT DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION:
Marcroy Smith and Andy Cooke

An interview with Danielle Pender:
- curator at KK Outlet in London, a gallery that showcases a lot of printed graphic, illustrative and photographic work. Print is integral to what they do and the work they exhibit.
- also founder and editor of Riposte, a smart magazine for women.
- "supposed mistakes can make a print more beautiful; there is an element of risk and reward, whether things turn out as you'd expected or if there's some perceived imperfection" (pg.18-19).

- "it [print] isn't just about preserving a bygone craft that bears no relevance to the modern age. Print is just as relevant today as its always been. It tells us something about where we've been, what we value and how we want to be remembered in the future".
- "print offers a different experience altogether. It's sensory, the smell and the feel each add something different to the content. Something committed to print holds more weight in the eye of the reader than something online" (pg.19).

- "our days are now filled with so much digital noise and information [...] this constant stream of information has become omnipresent. [...] I don't think this chatter allows us the time and space to really evaluate what we're reading or looking at and what we really think about it all [...] so this constant scrolling of stimulus doesn't make us think deeper or allow us the time to read more about a certain issue" (pg.20).

- "humans are tactile beings, they understand through touch. They also understand, by looking at history, to learn where they've come from, who they are and how to be in the future. I think printed matter, whether magazines, books, photographs or artwork, will prevail because it's part of our make-up, and I think that is something to be celebrated" (pg.21).

REFERENCE: Smith, M. and Cooke, A. (2015) People Of Print: Innovative, Independent Design And Illustration. London: Thames and Hudson.
Pender (2015, quoted in Smith and Cooke, 2015, p_) stated...