A Masterpiece Book on Color Theory Is Now on the iPad

From Wired, “When Josef Albers published Interaction of Color in 1963, it was nothing less than the gateway to an entire way of thinking…But the physical version of the book, which has been circulated primarily in paperback for the last four decades, needed an update. Yale University Press has just done that, by releasing a new iPad version of Albers’ famous texts and color studies. Designed by New York City-based Potion Design, the Interaction of Color app is about as close as most of us will get to the original version of Albers’ masterpiece, which today primarily lives in special collections and museums. The app is nearly an exact digital replica of the 1963 version of the book, down to the original Baskerville typeface and layout of the text columns—but with some 21st century upgrades. “We were really thinking, how can we go back to the original intent of Albers’ book, and make something that he would’ve made today,” says Phillip Tiongson, one of the founders of Potion.”

August 7, 2013 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:
    August 8, 2013 at 9:20 am

    Nice use of a new format
    And $9.99 is a very good price for an academic type book.

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  2. shelfcheck says:
    August 11, 2013 at 11:43 am

    Wow! Thank you for sharing this here!
    I love Albers and had no idea. (For those who work in Youth Services–or have young kids–there’s a pretty awesome picture books about Albers out there called An Eye For Color: http://www.redberybooks.com/book/9780805080728. I admit it’s where I first learned about him!)

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