The Expendable Reader, Columbia GSAPP, 2011

Publication

Edited by Alex Kitnick and published by Columbia GSAPP in close collaboration with Craig Buckley, The Expendable Reader compiles the writing of artist and theorist John McHale, focusing on the impact of technology on culture.

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The Expendable Reader, front cover

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Throughout the book, images from original source material of McHale’s writing are traced and enlarged, and then placed directly on top of text in the reader with a high-contrast photo-overlay effect, rendering the text white where the image is black. The images act as dynamic visual footnotes to what is being read.

The book is typeset in custom version of Times Seven. At the end of each chapter, the original source images are reproduced with long captions, typeset in Folio Medium.

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The Expendable Reader, interior spread

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The Expendable Reader, interior spread

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The Expendable Reader, interior spread

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Typefaces: Times Seven Regular; Folio Medium
Dimensions­: 11.3 × 17.8 cm/4.5 × 7 in
Pages: 296 pp
Paper­ (cover): Invercote G 240 gsm
Paper (interior): Enso Classic 80 gsm
Ink (cover): 1/1 black offset
Ink (interior): 1/1 black offset
Binding: smythe-sewn, hot melt
Printing: Kei Mei Printing, Hong Kong, CN