Reinventing books, magazines and newspaper in the digital age

Co-organised with: Laurent Bolli and Cristiana Bolli Freitas.

Print is not dead, but print has to change. Despite the progress of e-ink screens, smartphones and tablet interfaces, printed paper stays a very convenient, versatile and familiar support for reading. This hands-on workshop aims at bringing together authors, publishers, journalists, designers and IT specialists to think together about the future of print and invent collectively innovative solutions. How can printed documents be connected to the rest of the digital world? What kinds of printed documents would benefit the most to be adapted on electronic readers? Symmetrically, are there digital interfaces for which a printed version would be relevant? How will these transformations change our reading habits? And most importantly what economic models can we invent for this new reading economy?

Participants will work in groups focusing on particular kinds of printed reading content (novels, textbooks, cook books, travel books, comic books, magazines, newspaper, catalogues, flyers, etc. ) trying to invent its future on a new format (augmented paper, iPhone, iPad, television, etc.).