There's clearly something in the air about printing and the post and stuff. Tim Milne is going to be talking about printing at Interesting2007 and he's going to make some nice surprises for us. As part of his talk he'd like to get some people to help out with something, his request is here:
"Ahead of my 'Interesting' talk about printing, I'd like a few people to join in testing how well viral works in an undigital space. To anyone who's interested, I'll send a thing in the mail which will pose a thought "I like printing..." they'd add something (write, draw, print whathaveyou) and send it onto someone else they know (and I don't–and no, they don't all have to be coming to the event) for them to do the same and so on. After half a dozen or so goes around, it'll come back to me in time for the Interesting event on Jun 16th. Full instructions will be on the piece itself and the postage will be paid for."
If you're up for helping out can you please comment below or email me (russell at russelldavies.com) and I'll put you in touch with Tim.
Sounds interesting. Count me in.
Posted by: Tony | May 22, 2007 at 04:14 PM
Go on then - sounds a laugh...
Posted by: Tim Duckett | May 22, 2007 at 05:02 PM
I'm totally down. Count me in.
Posted by: Luca | May 23, 2007 at 08:14 AM
Much as I love the ethereal world we inhabit in this blogsphere, if real-life stationery is involved, count me in.
Posted by: Emily | May 23, 2007 at 08:40 AM
I moved out of direct mail print and production after 10 years because I saw no future in it. I would be really interested to see how print can respond to the digital viral world - count me in!
Posted by: Paul Fabretti | May 23, 2007 at 09:12 AM
Paper, colours, ink and so forth? Lovely stuff. Delighted to help.
Posted by: Rozza | May 23, 2007 at 09:40 AM
What a nice idea, and strangely it seems almost vintage now. I can't remember the last time i sent a letter, but it's so much nicer than sending an e-mail.
Posted by: Lisa | May 23, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Sounds like an intersting exercise - would love to join in and see how the thing pans out.
Posted by: Michael | May 23, 2007 at 01:58 PM
Me too.
Posted by: John Dodds | May 23, 2007 at 03:44 PM
Why not.
count me in
unless it's full of course...
sob sob
Posted by: Charlie Gower | May 23, 2007 at 03:49 PM
Always down for interesting projects. Count me in as well:)
Posted by: Adrian Lai | May 23, 2007 at 04:18 PM
Seems interesting and a fun thing to do. Count me in.
Posted by: Claudio | May 24, 2007 at 10:24 AM
With me it's personal. I'll help oot. Sounds like that game in school where you would each draw a bit of a person then fold over the page so the next person couldn't see what they looked like.
Posted by: Greg | May 25, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Would love to help, but my location (Toronto) suggests one issue with viral in an undigital space - that distance isn't dead. Or at least, distance is a vampirish drain on speed of circulation. Good luck with Royal Mail!
Posted by: Andrew Horberry | May 27, 2007 at 02:22 PM
I'm in.
Posted by: Yousuf | May 28, 2007 at 12:01 PM
I love printing, posting, and experiments, so I offer my help freely.
Posted by: andrew | May 29, 2007 at 01:57 PM