Hi Mark, long time listener, first time caller. This is a really interesting website and while it's full of fascinating objects and insightful interviews, many of the objects are completely foreign to me. Do you know of any resources that have the classic techniques of graphic designers as videos or as step-by-step instructions?
Thanks!
January 10, 2013 10:37 PM
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Cool! I had to resort to ebay to find a staedtler electric eraser with a metal chuck, and pay an arm and a leg for it. The new ones are made with all plastic, and it doesn't hold the erasers well at all!
Hi Bijan. You're most likely to learn about pre-digital techniques through older books. Look for books from the 1970s and earlier, before the first desktop computers were used.
That museum has a lot of stuff in it that's still widely used, though. Stuff like mechanical pens and pencils, kneaded eraser, drafting brush, t-square, etc. Art supply stores still sell all that and more - if everything had gone digital, they wouldn't exist.
Plenty of people still use electric pencil sharpeners, too.
August 15, 2013 10:07 AM
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How do you follow up an animation hardware history? With a look at The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies.
posted by Mark Mayerson at 9:17 PM on Jan 10, 2013
"Gone But Not Forgotten"
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Thanks Mark, I may enjoy this!
January 10, 2013 9:21 PM
Hi Mark, long time listener, first time caller. This is a really interesting website and while it's full of fascinating objects and insightful interviews, many of the objects are completely foreign to me. Do you know of any resources that have the classic techniques of graphic designers as videos or as step-by-step instructions?
Thanks!
January 10, 2013 10:37 PM
Cool! I had to resort to ebay to find a staedtler electric eraser with a metal chuck, and pay an arm and a leg for it. The new ones are made with all plastic, and it doesn't hold the erasers well at all!
January 10, 2013 11:21 PM
Hi Bijan. You're most likely to learn about pre-digital techniques through older books. Look for books from the 1970s and earlier, before the first desktop computers were used.
January 11, 2013 9:25 AM
I still use most of that stuff!
January 11, 2013 11:39 AM
Very Cool Site.
January 11, 2013 2:03 PM
Amazing site and pictures--
January 12, 2013 9:16 AM
Thank you, Mark!
January 14, 2013 8:24 PM
That museum has a lot of stuff in it that's still widely used, though. Stuff like mechanical pens and pencils, kneaded eraser, drafting brush, t-square, etc. Art supply stores still sell all that and more - if everything had gone digital, they wouldn't exist.
Plenty of people still use electric pencil sharpeners, too.
August 15, 2013 10:07 AM