April was a fantastic month for the Periodical – we’re very happy to report that we exceeded our goal of reaching 60 subscriptions (we actually reached 61) and are delighted to welcome 23 new subscribers into this growing community. Our new goal for May is to reach at least 80 subscribers and we have a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'StoryCubes'
Subscriptions Success + New Goal
May 1st, 2013 No Comments
Tags: Babette Wagenvoort · Kenneth Goldsmith · Raqs Media Collective · StoryCubes · the periodical · Warren Craghead
Back to everyday life!
September 10th, 2012 No Comments
Its been a sensational summer on so many levels and in so many ways. To celebrate we’re offering a special 10% discount on bookleteer Short Run Printing costs from today until the 30th September (n.b. : can’t be added to any additional discounts or offers). Use this discount code BTEL-092012 when ordering. Why not use [...]
Tags: discounts · ppod · print on demand · special offers · StoryCubes
The QR Code Enigma
November 22nd, 2011 No Comments
At a digital agency’s briefing last week, focusing on ‘New Tools’ for publishing, part of the talk was centered around the current use of QR Codes and their implications. Whilst studies seem to show they are largely unknown and underused (and often when they are, employed for gimmicky or lazy motives) there’s certainly some interesting [...]
Tags: ideas · inspiring uses · qr code · storycube cairn · StoryCubes
Business Cubes?
October 3rd, 2011 No Comments
Whilst perusing the stalls at the TENT London design show a few weeks back, I was reminded of the importance of exhibitors’ business cards and informational flyers, especially when there’s a vast amount of finely crafted aesthetics and innovation competing for the attention of visitors, and potential investors or collaborators. The ability for visitors at [...]
Tags: design · ideas · StoryCubes
Easy peasy way of making A4 & A3 StoryCubes on any printer
September 16th, 2011 2 Comments
Recently, we’ve discovered a very, very simple way of making your own cardboard, hard-wearing StoryCubes, using only: A free bookleteer account If you haven’t signed up for a free bookleteer account yet, do so here. A4 single label paper, suitable for Inkjet or Laserjet printers Full sheet label paper, available from any decent stationers (Avery [...]
Tags: bookleteer · help · inspiring uses · making · StoryCubes · user guide
StoryCube Cairn
August 5th, 2011 1 Comment
“A group converges on a location to build a StoryCube Cairn” On Wednesday, Simon Pope, Gordon Joly, and Stefan Szczelkun joined us in the Proboscis studio, to talk about the StoryCube Cairn project, and embark on a group walk using a QR coded cube and a mobile phone as wayfinding devices. Before the event, we [...]
Tags: API · augmented · bookleteer · events · inspiring uses · qr code · storycube cairn · StoryCubes
Diffusion Archive Highlight: Pharmaceutical Cubes by Kenneth Goldsmith
July 8th, 2011 No Comments
Kenneth Goldsmith, poet and founder of UbuWeb, created this series of six StoryCubes, each inscribed with the side effects of a certain prescription drug. The text is rendered in illegible 1-point type, so that the words become texture – some resembling the grooves in a vinyl record, another a peculiar lilac coloured static noise. Kenneth [...]
Tags: inspiration · poetry · StoryCubes
British Museum & Bookleteer
July 1st, 2011 No Comments
Bookleteer, archaeology and local history. It is now a year since we launched the short run printing service so now seemed like a good time to reflect on what people in different areas have been using the printing service for. In this post we reflect on its use in two projects connected to the British [...]
Tags: bookleteer · community · events · get bookleteering · inspiring uses · melanesia project · pitch up & publish · Short Run Printing · StoryCubes · Sudan · The British Museum
Training & Workshops
June 13th, 2011 No Comments
bookleteer – create, share, print, make Pitch up & Publish One day workshops to create and publish booklets and StoryCubes using bookleteer: guiding you from concept to publication and beyond, bring a particular project you want to undertake, or come for an introduction and to experiment. The day will be tailored to your needs so [...]
Tags: alpha club · bookleteer · booklets · Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination · dodolab · eBooks · events · get bookleteering · self publishing tool · Short Run Printing · StoryCubes · The British Museum · The Empty Shops Network · workshop
City as Material: Norwich
April 7th, 2011 No Comments
Tim Wright joined Giles and I for our second City As Material outside of London on Tuesday, as we took a trip to Norwich, where Tim spent his early years. The train from London seemed distinctly commuter-free compared to our journey to Bristol, with only a handful of people in our carriage. We bagged table [...]
Tags: bookleteer · city as material · collaboration · diffusion · eBooks · inspiration · making · norwich · StoryCubes
Pitch Up & Publish 2011 – Book a place now
March 11th, 2011 No Comments
Giles posted about our upcoming Pitch Up & Publish workshops for 2011 last week – we’ve just confirmed the dates, and the Eventbrite page is now live. The sessions are taking place on: Tuesday 22nd March 2011, 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm Tuesday 12th April 2011, 12.00 pm – 2.00 pm Tuesday 26th April 2011, [...]
Tags: bookleteer · eBooks · making · pitch up & publish · StoryCubes · workshop
Diffusion Archive Highlight: A Sort Of Autobiography by Warren Craghead
March 8th, 2011 No Comments
I mentioned this set of Storycubes briefly in one of my first ever blog posts, “Comics, Cubed”, but it’s elaborate concept deserves another shout-out. Warren Craghead, an artist and curator, created ten Storycubes depicting a fictional autobiography, each representing a decade of his life (the last, in a touch of dark humour, simply shows an [...]
Tags: bookleteer · comics · diffusion · inspiration · inspiring uses · StoryCubes
Diffusion Archive Highlight: Icons of Rijeka
February 25th, 2011 No Comments
During research visits to Riejka, Croatia, Andrew Hunter of Dodolab took the photographs of signs and graffiti that adorn this set of four double sided Storycubes. Accompanying the Icons Of Rijeka eBooks, they display some peculiar and amusing images, and are given a bold physicality by the three dimensional form of the cubes – almost [...]
Tags: bookleteer · diffusion · dodolab · inspiration · rijeka · StoryCubes
Outside The Box – Prototype
January 19th, 2011 No Comments
Here at Proboscis, we’ve just recently finished a prototype of “Outside The Box”, created by Many Tang. The project was conceived back in September, spurred by the Love Outdoor Play campaign, and we’ve been constructing and tinkering with it since. Last week blazed past in a frenzy of activity, with everyone pitching in to get [...]
Tags: bookleteer · cube · eBook · inspiring uses · outside the box · StoryCubes
Diffusion Archive Highlight: Bird Song By Melissa Bliss
December 9th, 2010 No Comments
I’ve just noticed a handful of eBooks and Storycubes in the Diffusion Archive that relate to songs and sound, particularly relevant with our last Pitch In & Publish: City As Material event – “Sonic Geographies”, being held this Friday (which you can book a place for here). Bird Song was created to accompany a sound [...]
Tags: diffusion · inspiring uses · StoryCubes
