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PrintNightmare: Windows Users Need to Install This Emergency Patch Right Now

The so-called "PrintNightmare" exploit could open your computer to a world of hurt.

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Jul 7

The Company Behind Maker Faire and Make: Magazine Has Shut Down

TechCrunch has learned that Maker Media, the company behind the DIY magazine and online publication Make:, as well as the Maker Faire science, art, and hacking festivals that happen all around the world each year, ceased operations last week and let go of the rest of its 22 employees. The company’s founder and CEO, Dale…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 10

Here’s How Those Big Signs Showing Bus Destinations Are Made

The iconic buses in London are red, big-ass double-deckers that use roller blinds to show the destination stop rather than the typical LED display. I think the blinds look a lot better than the digital displays. Here’s how McKenna Brothers makes them, from the cutting of the letters, to the making of the negative, to…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 15

Print Is Back and It’s Trouncing E-Book Sales

Print is not dead. Actually, it’s e-books that are having a rough time right now. The Association of American Publishers says e-book sales slumped about 10 percent in the first five months of 2015. This could be a sign that more people are returning to books with binding, or that more people are hybrid readers,…

Books & Comics Leah Becerra Sep 23

Video: The process of hand making a book the old fashioned way is a lost magical art

Anthony Bourdain’s Raw Craft takes a look at Arion Press in San Francisco in its latest episode and examines how this tiny printing shop carries on the legacy of printers of the past. It’s almost astonishing to see how much work gets put into each book. From the typesetting to the proofreading (which is done…

Sploid Casey Chan Sep 11

Video: A small printing shop is such a magnificent place

Because the world we live in is now filled with pixels—on our phones, our tablets, our computers, our watches—it’s easy to forget how simply wonderful the idea of a printing press shop making words come to live could be. Here’s a look behind the Printext, a printing shop in Australia, works. It’s a beautiful endeavor.…

Sploid Casey Chan Jun 30

Making a book completely by hand is way more impressive than I thought

It’s completely unnecessary and like two steps away from being a joke but making a book by hand is a pretty impressive feat. There’s so many unseen things you have to do! Like cutting the pages right, sewing them together, silkscreening for color, glueing everything perfectly and so on. I’m not sure the end product…

Sploid Casey Chan Mar 19

Read to Win the War: 13 Vintage Posters Promoting American Libraries

Ever since the internet came along, our relationship to libraries has changed dramatically. But recent studies show that these institutions—pillars of the OG sharing economy—are still viewed as essential to American communities. So it’s fascinating to take a look through the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign‘s collection of posters and propaganda from the American Library…

Books & Comics Jordan Kushins Dec 27

Gorgeous New Posters From an Abandoned Printing Press in London

How neat is this? The folks at Faber & Faber, an independent publishing house in London since 1929, recently found a forgotten hand press in their archives. As it turns out, the half-century-old machine was used by the firm’s most famous designer, Berthold Wolpe: they’ve since refurbished the relic, which is going to be back…

Books & Comics Jordan Kushins Dec 13

The Onion’s Print Edition Is No More

The Onion is ceasing publication of its print edition. It was only distributing the actual paper in Chicago, Providence, and Milwaukee, and those cities will see their last version of the Onion on December 12. Don’t worry! You can still get all the fake news you need online, which is the only place you were…

Tech News Leslie Horn Nov 8

The World’s Oldest Newspapers Still Being Published Today

People always bemoan the slow death of the newspaper industry, but to be fair many newspapers have had a significantly long run. Here are several papers from around the world that have weathered many centuries, and are still publishing today! Post-och Inrikes Tidningar (or PoIT) is the government newspaper and gazette of Sweden (above). It…

io9 Vincze Miklós Sep 23

This Projector Lets You Tweak the Colors of Printed Materials

For the most part, once something’s been printed—a photo, a map, an article—there’s not much you can do to change it. And for person’s dealing with visual impairments, that can be a problem. So researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have developed a projector system that allows print materials to be adjusted, even after they’re…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 5

This Kiosk Prints Magazines and Newspapers As They’re Purchased

Many people are claiming that these new Meganews Magazines autonomous newstands could save the print industry. That’s maybe a bit optimistic, but at the least they’ll help reduce the mountains of wasted paper from unsold magazines since the over-sized vending machine only prints publications when they’re ordered, in just two minutes. The kiosk has access…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 3

Samurai Batman chases down the Joker in a woodblock-inspired print

We’ve been enjoying Jed Henry’s pop culture illustrations inspired by Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. His new gallery show, opening tonight at Gallery Nucleus, includes some new pieces, including this showdown between Batman and the Joker. https://gizmodo.com/classic-video-game-characters-drawn-in-the-style-of-ja-5911405 Henry has prints of several pieces from his Ukiyo-e Heroes series at Gallery Nucleus and his own store. [Ukiyo-e…

io9 Lauren Davis Jun 1

Glow-in-the-dark 2001: A Space Odyssey poster is mind-blowing when the lights go out

On April 12th, Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn is launching an art show best viewed in the dark. The “When the Lights Go Out” show will feature posters that reveal hidden features when you shut off the lights. We’re particularly partial to this entry from Chris Thornley, inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. Thornley recently unveiled…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 7

50 years of Avengers members on one minimalist poster

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth’s mightiest heroes, artist Michael Mateyko created this poster, featuring minimalist portraits of the myriad Avengers members throughout the years. He created the poster for April’s Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo, but it’s already available at Komboh’s Society6 store. Avengers 50th Anniversary poster for CCEE 2013 [Komboh via Geek…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 2

Meet the Justice League of Edo Japan

Artist Chet Phillips places Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman in a distant era in this Japanese woodblock-inspired illustration. But these three haven’t met an anachronism they didn’t like—especially when it comes to their probable foe, a certain radioactive monster stomping through the background. This print, titled “Sanctuary,” is available at Phillips’ Etsy store, where he…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 2

Earth’s oldest trees are almost unfathomably ancient

We can’t get enough of this stunning piece of arboreal data visualization. Created by Vienna-based graphic designer Michæl Paukner, the interwoven lines of this chart connect over 20 of the world’s oldest trees and clonal colonies to their geographic origins. Pictured above: Paukner’s chart, bookended by a photo of Old Tjikko (at left) and Sri…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Dec 11

The New York Times Is Making Its Paywall Even Stricter and Its Website Harder to Read for Free

AllThingsD is reporting that the New York Times will be cutting the amount of free articles the grey lady lets readers read per month from 20 to a measly 10. The change starts in April and means you’ll be hitting the NYT paywall a lot quicker than you think. What hasn’t changed is that if…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 20

How to Take, Print and Frame Your Own Gigantic Panoramic Photo for Just $150

Clever: follow this video to see how to take a giant panoramic photo, turn it into a huge 5-foot-long metallic print and frame it using an inexpensive large mirror from Bed, Bath and Beyond. Impressive results. [RL Morris via Petapixel]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 21

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PrintNightmare: Windows Users Need to Install This Emergency Patch Right Now

The Company Behind Maker Faire and Make: Magazine Has Shut Down

Here’s How Those Big Signs Showing Bus Destinations Are Made

Print Is Back and It’s Trouncing E-Book Sales

Video: The process of hand making a book the old fashioned way is a lost magical art

Video: A small printing shop is such a magnificent place

Making a book completely by hand is way more impressive than I thought

Read to Win the War: 13 Vintage Posters Promoting American Libraries

Gorgeous New Posters From an Abandoned Printing Press in London

The Onion’s Print Edition Is No More

The World’s Oldest Newspapers Still Being Published Today

This Projector Lets You Tweak the Colors of Printed Materials

This Kiosk Prints Magazines and Newspapers As They’re Purchased

Samurai Batman chases down the Joker in a woodblock-inspired print

Glow-in-the-dark 2001: A Space Odyssey poster is mind-blowing when the lights go out

50 years of Avengers members on one minimalist poster

Meet the Justice League of Edo Japan

Earth’s oldest trees are almost unfathomably ancient

The New York Times Is Making Its Paywall Even Stricter and Its Website Harder to Read for Free

How to Take, Print and Frame Your Own Gigantic Panoramic Photo for Just $150

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