Print vs Pixels

I found this really nice quote summing up the feelings of most designers on this subject from the Japanese designer Kenya Hara. This humble quote beautifully describes the tactile quality that web based design can never compare to.

‘Thanks to the rise of electronic media, paper can finally behave as it can and should; as an intrinsically charming material. If electronic media is reckoned a practical tool for information conveyance, books are information sculpture. From now on books will probably be judged according to how well they awaken this materiality, because the decision to create a book at all will be based on a definite choice of paper as the medium.’”

A great article on the struggle between print and the web and how this has started to effect designers can be read by clicking here. I hope you find it interesting

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