I think a natural adaptation to working in ever-social, ever-mobile media is to crave the anachronistic: long-form writing, physical books, analog watches, excursions outside the range of cell phone towers. Everyone needs a life of balance, which explains why I completely burned through the printed version of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy when Thanksgiving break rolled around. It was weird. I sat on a couch for hours on end just to get through it. Very different from sitting in a desk chair for hours on end staring at a hyperactive screen, it turns out.
Last year, Jackie (She’s basically my pusher for consumerism, and my fellow iPad book case owner.) pointed me to a series of iPhone cases by Speck designed with the vintage art of classic books. At the time the cases wouldn’t fit my phone, so I vowed that when it was time to upgrade again, I’d find a book-y case to fit it. I periodically checked back on cases as I awaited the announcement of the iPhone 4S, and learned a little bit more about the philosophy behind the design series.
That’s when I realized I already knew the company Speck collaborated with. I met some folks from Out of Print a couple of MAGICs ago, and Co-Founder Todd was extra nice, letting me buy a shirt off the rack before it was officially selling time at the trade show. At that time, Out of Print was focused on reviving old cover art on T-shirts. Feeling ironic, I picked out The Naked Lunch shirt (Get it? Can’t be naked if you’re wearing a T-shirt! Har har.) for Bill – Even though neither of us have read the book. (Oops.) Continue reading »
