A CONVERSATION WITH BOB STEIN

Humanism and Technology

Although we are excited about the potential of digital technologies and the internet to amplify human potential, we believe it is crucial to consider their social and political consequences, both today and in the long term.

New practices

Academic institutions arose in the age of print, which informed the structure and rhythm of their work. The Institute for the Future of the Book (IFFB) was born in the digital era, and so we seek to conduct our work in ways appropriate to the emerging modes of communication and rhythms of the networked world.

Freed from the traditional print publishing cycles and hierarchies of authority, the Institute values theory and practice equally, conducting its activities as much as possible in the open and in the real time.

More information about The Institute for the Future of the Book can be found in their oficial website page , available on www.futureofthebook.org.

for now, we use the word book broadly, even metaphorically, to talk about what has come before and what might come next.

The Blue Marbel. NASA, 2012.

Key words/ expressions: Book as art; Arquitetura. DALL-E, 2023.

Lehrstück II. TRIX AND ROBERT HAUSSMAN, 1978.

CLEM ONOJEGHUO, 2015.

Stereographic projection. WULF NET, Univ. of Cambridge, 2012.

COTTONBRO STUDIO, 2013.

Da Capo Bar. TRIX AND ROBERT HAUSSMAN, 1981.

Superaggregation Photography Se-

Room Body-sculpture. NOAMBEN JACOV, 1986/87.

Television. JEAN-PHILIPPE TOUSSAINT AND JORDAN STUMP, 2004.

Retro futurism . SERGE MORENO COHEN, 1971.

Tiles Part Of Space Shuttle Thermal System. TIM JONES, 2019.

Aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan. UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, 1945.

JAKOB SOBY, 2016.

Joan Brossa: Poesia Visual/Poemas ob jeto 1951-1988. GALERIA LA MÁQUINA ESPAÑOLA, 1988.

Visual Pahtfinders Disk Cover. IDEA 202 INTERNATIONAL MAG, 1987.

Days at Sea. RALPH GIBSON, 1974.

Postcards from nowhere. GIGI MASIN & JONNY NASH, 2019.

Structural Ceramics . MARTIN BECHTHOLD, 2017.

Moon taken by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. NASA, 2009.

Astronaut Helmet. GETTY IMAGES BANK, 2012.

Catch a Clue Disk Cover. LANDSPEED, 2020.

Laboratory Glasses, from The World is Beautiful. ALBERT RENGERPATZSCH, 1928.

Stairs. BRUNO FIGUEIREDO, 2020.

NDKS Disk Cover. NDKS, 2021.

2 takes from movie 2001: A Space Odissey. Stanley Kubrick, 1968.

EVGENY OZEROV, 2016.

Take from the movie Le Voyage dans la Lune (A Trip to the Moon). Georges Méliès, 1902.

2 takes from movie 2001: A Space Odissey. Stanley Kubrick, 1968.

Installation. RYOJI IKEDA, 2016. Sickening Solar Flares. NASA, 2005.

Apollo 11 - First Footprint on the Moon. NASA, 1969.

JUSTIN WOLFERT, 2014.

Introduction: based on the text “A Summary and Analysis of Jorge Luis Borges’ ‘The Library of Babel’”. INTERESTING LITERATURE, 2021.

Text: The Library of Babel. JORGE LUIS BORGES, 1941. Translation to English by J. E. I.

Text: A conversation with Bob Stein from the Institute for the Future of the Book. Published in the book “The form of the book Book”. SARAH GOTTLIEB, 2009. Edited by Sarah deBondt and Fraser Mudgeridge.

The final small text of the text “The Library of Babel” is an excerpt taken from the text itself, page 18.

The final small text of the text “Old Ideas of the New Book” is an excerpt taken from the text itself, page 33.

The final small text of the text “A Conversation with Bob Stein from the Institute for the Future of the Book” is an excerpt taken from the text itself, page 44.

Introduction: Excerpts taken from footnote information in the original text “Old Ideas of the New Book” followed by a personal analysis.

Text: The most Beautiful Swiss Books 2007: Old Ideas of the New Book. ROBIN CROSS; THE PAST ISSUE, 2007. Editedby the Federal Office of Culture in collaboration with: Laurenz Brunner & Tan Walchli.

A student’s personal view and a resume/ an explanation of the book’s selected content and edition. BÁRBARA FRÓES, 2023.

Introduction: Excerpt from the original text’s subtitle followed by a personal analysis.

This book was developed in the discipline of Project II of the Communication Design Course at ESAD Matosinhos, in the year 2022/2023. Non-commercial academic project.

Mentor

Inês Nepomuceno

Editorial Conception

Bárbara Fróes

Graphic Design Project Bárbara Fróes

General Image Selection

Aina Carcasona, Bárbara Fróes, Catarina Martins, Inês Silva, Maria Estêvão and Natalia Rivero.

Original Title

The New Book Authors

Jorge Luis Borges; Robin Cross; Sarah Gottlieb; Bárbara Fróes.

Printing Qualquer Ideia Artes Gráficas Lda

1st Edition, Porto, January, 2023. Reservados todos os direitos para Portugal, ESAD Matosinhos

Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian, 4460-268, Senhora da Hora Matosinhos, Portugal info@esad.pt www.esad.pt