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In your first update you mentioned a book release party in July. When and where will this take place? Gotta plan ahead!
We could really use one for Kansai, there used to be the spin-off of Tokyo Art Beat, Kansai Art Beat but that went on hiatus back in 2008 so it is much harder to find information about cool galleries or art related venues... ah well at least we can still access Kansai Art Beat's list of venues to see what galleries might be showing something cool in Kansai~!
Looking forward to getting my copy in a few months~!
Guardjan — I hope so!
Like we explain in the some the descriptions — this is a guide pivoting around art but actually reveals lots of great little places to eat, drink and imbibe delicious coffee along the way.
C
Since I always wanted to visit Japan and especially Tokyo for that matter, I'm eager to get my hands on one of these – maybe it will «kickstart» a journey to the land of the rising sun. :)
Philip — indeed, I think you'll enjoy it. And thank you for your support.
We'd love to do something similar for Kyoto, too. Perhaps someday.
C
Hey Craig, I used to live in Tokyo and love that city. Alas, life has taken me down to Kyoto but I look forward to seeing your Art guide to Tokyo. It should be useful as I am always looking for cool new places to check out when I visit!
*beautiful!
@Jan: we think this will make a great iPad book too. Hopefully one that can serve as a template for other books in this genre. Art Space Tokyo is filled with essays, illustrations, maps, interviews, timelines, etc ... so it should present a multitude of intriguing iPad design challenges. iPad is set arrive later this week (waiting patiently for it to be shipped to Tokyo). Looking forward to digging in.
@Nick: Thanks so much for your support. Catching up on comments here. Indeed — this project represents taking some of those ideas in the iPad article and making them real: producing a book worth printing and an iPad edition that adds new container sensitive elements to the narrative.
Not sure about physical artifacts in general, and marvel at people who have space and can keep them from getting damaged/stolen/used as fire starter by a guest.
If one machine can do it all, this looks like it could be a really good and good-looking iPad guide to Tokyo.
Looks like someone already bought the $270 edition Owen Gothill mentions. Today's Amazon used, only available edition is going for just under $1,000, so there is a quick potential return on investment, good project, good luck.
Considering this beautiful book is now out of print (a used copy is currently going for $270 on amazon.com) this project is a no brainer, especially if you have any interest at all in Tokyo or contemporary art. I would be ecstatic to have a copy of this on my bookshelf. Good luck.
I'm a fellow Kickstarter project creator - an author who's successfully funded the self-publication of his self-designed book. I first heard of Craig recently, through an article posted on his web site about the iPad and what it means for printed media ( http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/ ).
I too believe in the importance of the book as a physical artifact, and a very good portion of why I wanted to self-publish was to make my own book an internally consistent exemplar of its own principles. During a period where I was fielding several dozen confused and consternated requests why I wouldn't develop for the Kindle right away, I came upon Craig's post, and it gave me the reassurance that I'm on the right track.
Pledging to this project was a complete no-brainer. I would love to see it succeed. If you believe that the "death of print" is a BS term for those willing to make excellent work, I encourage you to pledge as well.