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Dots and Pixels: A Counterbalance to Digital Everything

Scott Boms
November 10, 2018

Dots and Pixels: A Counterbalance to Digital Everything

Since 2012 the Risograph has been an essential tool within my creative practice in the Analog Research Lab at Facebook—one that encourages a spirit of experimentation and play as a means to celebrate, question, and understand the world. This talk will look at the place of the Risograph as a critical counterbalance to the digital nature of the organization, and also as a means to transform our built environments and the communities that occupy them.

Scott Boms

November 10, 2018
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  1. Scott Boms | Facebook Analog Research Lab
    DOTS OVER PIXELS
    A Counterbalance to Digital Everything

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  4. DESIGNER PRINTMAKER
    INK MIXER
    PAINT SPILLER
    PAPER CUTTER
    PHOTO TAKER
    RISO UN-JAMMER SNACK EATER
    NOTE TAKER
    SKETCHBOOK FILLER
    SIGN PAINTER SCREEN COATER
    SQUEEGEE CLEANER EMAIL SENDER
    ART DIRECTOR ANIMATOR
    CONTENT WRITER SADDLE STITCHER
    ELECTROPOUNCER
    PRINT ARCHIVER FONT IDENTIFIER
    HEAD BANGER LATTE MAKER
    RECORD PLAYER PAPER JAMMER VIDEO PRODUCER SIGN HANGER
    POLAROID SHAKER POSTER STAPLER PAPER PURCHASER
    VINYL CUTTER HALFTONE TROUBLESHOOTER TROUBLEMAKER?

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  6. DESIGN & PRINTMAKING PRACTICE
    WORKSHOPS & ENGAGEMENT
    RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

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  12. FRICTION
    PARTICIPATION
    AESTHETICS

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  13. Signs Hastily Recalled
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  20. Nothing at
    Facebook is
    somebody
    else’s
    problem.

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  39. fb.com/analoglab
    instagr.am/analoglab
    ANALOG RESEARCH LAB
    fb.com/scottboms
    instagr.am/scottboms
    SCOTT BOMS

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