Well, here it is, the inaugural Open Space. I have to admit — and feel obligated to state so in the beginning of this introduction — that I did a rather poor job on this. My skills off the computer are not too much to brag about. Luckily I took two nice trips while Open Space was in my hands. First I went to NY for a nice piss up with Graham, Felix, Debbie, Kiran, Jon, Eric and Sam who all chipped in with some nice drawings, somebody even burned the opening page. My favorite page was a frantic give-and-go between Debbie and Eric, you’ll see, it’s impossible to miss. Then I took it to Minneapolis for TypeCon where at least Chris May got a chance to tell a nice story about how he got to TypeCon himself.
All in all I provided little content to the journal but I was more excited to be able to get it started and having all these Speak Up authors contribute to the beginning of this was very cool. I think the start to Open Space is not as strong as I would have liked to make it (blame is completely on me) but it can only get better from here.
It is now in the hands of Kiran, who I hope can bring some much needed color to the journal and start giving it some more life. Enough talking, see for yourself and as always let us know what you think.
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You can also download Open Space in its entirety via a PDF [3.2 Mb] with the latest additions to it.
My skills off the computer are not too much to brag about.
I've had art-insecurity since my first day at Portfolio Center. I was never a very good drawer, and much prefer getting someone else to tackle that part of it for me. I think that's a major reason I'm drawn so strongly to typography; there's all these little 'drawings' waiting for me to play with.
I think what will be nice about Open Space will be the seemingly random juxtapositions of illustrations, taped in items and handwritten commentary, serious or otherwise.
On Aug.09.2003 at 07:53 PM