- Paper has been one of the main methods of communication and
transmission of culture for centuries, does it still hold this
position of power ? With the advent of television, radio, telephones
and now all the digital technology, how should we look
at and treat this seemingly simple object which we generally
use and then discard which out too much thought. Could it be
true that paper is on the way out ? Are we witnessing
the death of paper or, in the age of technological migration
how do we judge a piece of paper which if made well can preserve
information for 1000 years ?
doggybag 1997 |
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The paperless office predicted since the advent of desktop
computers in the 1970's has not come to pass, on the contrary
replacement of the ordinary typewriter by the word processors
and peripheral equipment has produced a flood of hard copy printout.
Paper seems destined for a bright future as a packaging medium,
as an information carrier and as an asthetic art medium
D.Neumann 1996 |
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