Obsessive Notebooks

Concept: Produce custom print editions, through print-on-demand services, using mostly found material that is collected by participants, following their most “obsessionnal” fields of interests.

Tools: InDesign, Scribus, LibreOffice

Examples:
– Selections of public domain writings (see the Bookkake editions, by James Bridle)
– Selections of contents under Creative Commons, or some other free license.
– Other types of material, where the status of authorship and copyright might be blurry. Exemples: WikiLeaks source files, blog entries, social network micro-messages, etc.

History:
1st iteration: (HEAD – Geneva University of Art and Design)

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