I received my book last week and it is amazing. Even my husband, who I didn't think would appreciate the book, was impressed. I especially liked the artists descriptions in the back so I could somewhat understand how and why they created the image they did.

I am moving out of my place 31st of August (but dont know where to yet)... any chance of receiving the book before? If not, I should probably give you a friend's address or something...

Is there any news regarding the shipping of the books themselves? When will they go out? Which courier? Will there be a tracking number?

Thanks. I'm really looking forward to holding my own umique copy. It's just an idea that blows my mind.

Golan just showed off his copy at Eyeo, and there were audible oooohs from the crowd.

Congratulations guys! Looking forward to touching/smelling/admiring/caressing the unique masterpiece and the masterpieces inside. Wonderful work!

Congratulations Martin & Peter!

as a dedicated Mac user for 2 decades, i a surprised you used Windows, not Mac. Whatever you did, it is wonderful and we look forward to the finished products.

Since the total amount pledged is almost 3x the target goal ($10K), will the cost of the book go down at all or will there be shipping included?

So would you prefer the $15 added to the pledge amount, or handle it later somehow when you've got the exact figures?

What's the situation with shipping to Australia?

@Troy - All of the listed artists applied to be in the book early last year, for a July 15th deadline. Of the ~70 or so submissions, 42 projects were selected for the book by a jury of distinguished curators, gallerists, and designers.

Any way to get on your list of artists for the publication? We build video games and have lots of interesting screen shots to show. A few peices can be viewed at: http://www.isointeractive.com .

Thanks

-Troy

Can't wait to hold one of these. This is an amazing collection of artists and an innovative production.

And kudos to Pete and Martin of course for putting together such a cool project :)

@N.S., I'm glad my remarks were helpful. $200 for a "book" is certainly pricey for me too. But the price seems quite reasonable if you think of this -- instead -- as a way of getting unique prints from each of 42 different artists. They just happen to be all bound together :)

I'd like to thank Golan for his testimonial on this thread, and his answer to Nuthinking's question in particular. I think when an artefact seems a tad inaccessible/exclusive (200$ *is* pricey), comments from enthusiastic contributors help make the art and the process seem less removed. I'm probably not expressing myself correctly (English is not my first language), but basically, what I'm saying is that updates are nice! cheers

Great project, can't wait to own this landmark book. Q: Will you collect shipping details etc. after the project closes? I would like to ship to a different address than my Amazon payment card.

I look forward to updates and sneak previews of the book as it comes together. Congratulations everyone.

There has been a nice article about this project which just appeared today: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662981/generative-art-apps-create-one-of-a-kind-print-books
The article conveys the point that Written Images demonstrates how "digital" doesn't have to mean the end of "print".

@Donald -- I believe you are incorrect. To the best of my knowledge, the "name printed inside the book" is a traditional sponsorship arrangement, such that the sponsor's name is printed inside ALL copies of the book (not just their own!). Unfortunately, Kickstarter does not allow users to change the text of the pledge rewards once the funding drive is started, otherwise Martin told me that he would have repaired this.

Just to be clear, the 'name printed inside the book' is only in the contributor's particular book and not throughout the entire limited edition set - is that correct?

Baby I want your phonenumber!

Where is the book being printed and distributed?

I always thought this project would fly, but this looks like a rocket! Congrats guys.
Now starts the long wait ... :( - or can you start printing on 1 January?

Here's my little testimonial. -- When I first learned of Written Images, it was immediately clear to me that this is a landmark project, the first of its kind. Written Images is not just another book "about" generative or computational art -- there are already many such surveys, such as Hartmut Bohnacker's handsome "Generative Gestaltung", or Casey Reas et al.'s "Form and Code". Instead, each pressing of the Written Images book is itself a generated artifact, containing 168 prints which are each totally unique artworks. Such a book would never have been possible until now. I think the Written Images project fulfills the promise of generative art better than any other static object I'm aware of. This may explain why such incredible artists were attracted to contribute to the volume. I'm honored to be among them.

@Nuthinking, I had the same question as you. As one of the contributors, I had also hoped that the cost would be lower. But I got involved as an informal advisor to the project, and Martin shared the financial spreadsheets with me. He and Peter are speaking the truth when they say that it's going to cost $200/print -- this is not some attempt to be "exclusive" or make a profit. Producing the book in the way they're doing it is operating *at the limits of today's printing systems* -- not so much because of the physical machinery, but because of the economies of scale which Written Images can't access. If Martin & Peter were just printing 200 copies of the *same* book, it would be much less expensive. Instead, their situation is equivalent to printing one copy of an 80,000 page book...