2009.12.27

Mag+. The Digital Magazine

Just a few weeks (?) before the rumoured availability of the Apple tablet (whatever its name is), here’s a recent demonstration of what the display, miniature electronics and battery technology may lead to in the near future in the context of magazines. If everything that we’ve heard about the impending release of the Apple tablet is true, I guess there’s a chance that the paper magazine may soon follow the CD and DVD as items of yesteryear. If anything, I am excited about the ecological, typographical and æsthetic consequences such a device might bring, but also somewhat concerned about the loss of the openness that the web has brought us in the last fifteen years or so. [via Mosh].

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Update: Here’s another video featuring a tablet version of Sports Illustrated.

Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5 from The Wonderfactory on Vimeo.

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»  Taking over Hollywood

It may be the case that the Red One camera has been around for a while, but it’s only lately that some of Hollywood’s leading directors have started to use and promote it. And that’s only three years after the company was established and less than six months since the camera has been available to the general public (although apparently there’s a considerable backlog before you can get your own Red, even if you’re willing to spend the $17,500 it costs to buy).

After Soderberg, a known fan of digital technology and longtime user of digital video along with or instead of film, Doug Liman jumps on the Red bandwagon and talks about the camera and how its changed the way he films.

Wired had a great article on the Red recently. You can find more clips from Red (at 720p) on the Vimeo Redusers group.

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