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"But maybe a version without a soundtrack is the way forward."

Oh, I think there's no "maybe" about it: the audio must die. I am madly covetous of the 600 Black Spots bit of deliciousness tho'.
Katy McDevitt
2009-09-04 14:11:59

Peter Blake's ABC, 1.55. is that an authentic viking sound bite?
Ian C
2009-09-04 14:24:49

600 Black Spots looks like a truly original concept... thanks for sharing.
web page designer
2009-09-04 14:49:02

cf. this video that did go viral (more than 1,000,000 views) of the very clever pop-up alphabet book ABC3D:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnZr0wiG1Hg

Whether they'd seen that or not, it does (like you say) make sense as a way of showing off the contents of an illustrated book.
Alan
2009-09-04 16:48:45

Ah yes, apropos Alan, I was going to refer to the same book. That must be where the inspiration came from - noone with an eye for art books could have missed it.

It's great to see books seeping into our cultural psyche in this way. I notice Faber are doing some impressive work in terms of design and marketing, as seen with this example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrlTltPL0Yg
Kristen Harrison
2009-09-05 13:08:47

There are loads of these 'vlog' style videos at the moment, mainly about magazines, and I have to say they work a lot better with a bit of narration. You can see some here... http://vimeo.com/channels/magazinevlogs So, no, not a very original idea but nice to see the Tate responding to online trends.
Michael > Linefeed
2009-09-05 23:54:02

600 Black Spots has been out for TWO YEARS!
jamieson
2009-09-08 14:37:10

@jamieson

As hardback. The one out this month is the paperback version.
 Mark Sinclair
2009-09-08 14:52:30

I'm sure Peter Blake's book is beautiful but the video doesn't do it any favours – is the book bound? Seems to be flopping all over the place, is it poor book production or poor video production?
Rosamund Saunders
2009-09-08 16:24:32

And Ron King has been doing this for years...

http://www.circlepress.com/
david
2009-09-08 16:26:17

@Rosamund

Yes, I thought it looked weird too. I think it might be a blad of the book, rather than an actual copy, but was probably only used because it was flexible enough!
 Mark Sinclair
2009-09-08 16:34:45

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