Imperfection Machines: Low Res in a High Res World

As new technologies continue to blur the lines between our real and digital worlds and we lose the edges of traditional mediums, obsolete technologies like letterpress or vinyl records become desired objects of art. But can type be art, and how do obsolete technologies transform and elevate type in unexpected and curious ways? This brief talk will look at how the Risograph, an unusual, effectively obsolete, and inherently imperfect machine can add value and desirability to letterforms and design, and what their increasing popularity has done to bring creative expressions of typography and design to new audiences.

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1. IMPERFE CTION MACH INES Low Res in a High Res World
2. Design Lead/Analog Research Lab @scottboms @analoglab Scott Boms
5. Sad water bottle or saddest water bottle?
6. Paper goes in Magic comes out
8. 39 125 3 12 173 3 2 8 3 12 9
10. Analog Research Lab Flyer Scott Boms/John Patrick Thomas
12. The Linotype Film Doug Wilson Linotype
13. ExtraPlaats Knust Press/Extrapool
14. ExtraPlaats Knust Press/Extrapool
15. Imperfection Book Studio O.OO
16. A Brief History of Time Elana Schlenker
19. Facebook Speaker Series Scott Boms/Analog Lab
20. Zeitgeist Zine Tim Belonax
21. Signs Hastily Recalled Jez Burrows
22. One Billion Flip Book Fuchsia MacAree
23. A Walk in the Garden Eddie Perotte
24. Impossible I-1 and Lab Cameras The Impossible Project Dark Side of the Moon 40th Anniversary Special Re-release
25. Happy Little Accidents Conor Nolan
26. Into the Abyss Mario Wagner
27. Noburu Hayama Founder/CEO of the RISO Kagaku Corporation
28. Print Gocco Demonstration Tokyo, Japan
29. Ironic you say?
30. Forms and Flora Zine Series Nous Vous
31. Silkscreen 230 mesh Screen Analog Research Lab
32. Risograph Schematic Moniker Press, Vancouver
33. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson
34. Forms and Flora Zine Series Nous Vous
35. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson Artist Prints Sigrid Calon
36. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson
37. Paper Feed Wheel Risograph ME 9450U
38. Clearly someone else’s idea of “Ideal” Resist! Print Kenichiro Chaffee
39. Imperfection Book Studio O.OO
40. Imperfection Book Studio O.OO
41. 10 Rules for Work Scott Boms
42. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson
43. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson
44. Unknown Jimmy Mezei
45. Laser Cut Riso Zine Jimmy Mezei
46. The Medium is the Message Scott Boms
47. Stories About Coming Out Beth Dean and Michelle Pujals
48. The Future Jimmy Mezei
49. Artist Book Nous Vous
50. Being Hear Fuchsia MacAree
51. Being Hear Fuchsia MacAree
52. Analog Research Lab Flyer Scott Boms/John Patrick Thomas
57. Disconnect Fuchsia MacAree
61. From The Linotype Film by Doug Wilson
62. Compunabula Corey Holmes
63. Seek the Truth Scott Boms
69. Signal Synthesis Matt Katsaros
70. Tucker Nichols Artist
71. Conor Nolan Illustrator
72. Tim Belonax Analog Research Lab
73. A Brief History of Time Elana Schlenker
74. Resist! Print Kenichiro Chaffee
75. @scottboms @analoglab