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'Guerriglia' by Michael Couchman

Readymag is an online drag & drop editor which helps creative professionals to easily create microsites, portfolios, presentations, digital magazines and more.

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Guerriglia

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Form + Code (Printing Section)

I'm honestly very surprised that this article did not go more into 3D printing. There is almost a full page about laser and inkjet methods, but only a few sentences about 3D. This is shocking to me because since the late 90's, 3D printing has revolutionized so many things. The materials that can be printed are surprising enough. plastics, various metals, ceramics, sandstone, rubber, chocolate and other edibles, even skin tissue has been 3D printed into a working kidney. Though I think ink printers have been very momentous in fabrication, I think this article should shift it's focus a bit.

Aside from that, with each new printing method that the article talks about, the new printers are not considered revolutionary until they can be bought for home personal use. I think this is interesting no matter what the topic, that the most amazing invention is hardly considered revolutionary until everyone has access to it. I think this is because personal ownership of the item means more chances for expirementation. 

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Algorithm

- Mark the center of your paper with a dot. - Lift your pencil, close your eyes, and spin the paper clockwise with your other hand. - With eyes still closed, place your pencil on the spinning paper and stop. - Open your eyes, keep your pencil on the paper while turning the paper counter-clockwise. - Move your pencil to the center of the paper, this should create a spiral. - Repeat the action until you feel it is finished, and try not to cross lines.

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post-digital

"If digital media is fully integrated into our lives then how would we define our interactions within it? As designers/visual communicators, how do we function within this digital extension? How is our role modified and what are the possibilities?"

I believe that within digital media, we are always interacting with others. No matter what you are doing, there is some sort of interaction with another person or something another person put there. Nothing is "natural" in digital media, it is all man made. Because of that, there seems to be an obvious purpose to everything being there. As designers, I believe it is our job to make those things obvious and understandable for everyone else to use.

Now this raises another question with me. Is there any way to put something natural online? Meaning, can something completely untouched by human hands exist within digital media?