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Jon Wozencroft, Neville Brody - Fuse 1-20: From Invention to Antimatter - Twenty Years of FUSE

Taschen, ISBN: 978-3836525015, 416 pages, 2012, English
In 1991 two of the most talented graphic designers of all time (Jon Wozencroft and Neville Brody) launched a unique experiment: FUSE, an annual publication packaged in a cardboard box that contained a printed zine with articles relating to typography culture, a floppy disk with four fonts and four posters that utilized ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 12:09 PM - Mar 26/2013
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floppy disk . hacking . music . preservation . sound

Floppy Drive Reverb, recycling floppy drives as tape delays

Floppy Drive Reverb, Jeri Ellsworth, Daniel McAnulty, floppy_drive_reverb.jpg

Self taught computer chip designer Jeri Ellsworth known for making an emulation of the Commodore 64 that fits into a joystick has recently found a new application for old floppy drives and diskettes. This storage technology, ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 12:00 AM - Jun 29/2010
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art . floppy disk . media . software . videogame . visual

Florian Cramer - nkdlunch.mp4, tapetrff.mp4

Floppy Films, The Netherlands, 2009
Disappeared from our desktops first because of cd-rom burners and then (after regretting losing the floppy's quick data portability) because of USB keys, the floppy disk is still supported by major OSs, but is often found sleeping in quantities in boxes as old relics. The floppy disk (3.5") has been the medium ... [ Continue ]

Posted at 01:20 AM - Jul 24/2009
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