The Expendable Reader, Columbia GSAPP, 2011

Publication

Edited by Alex Kitnick and published by Columbia GSAPP, the publication compiles the writing of artist and theorist John McHale, focusing on the impact of technology on culture

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The Expendable Reader, edited by Alex Kitnick, Columbia GSAPP books, front cover

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The book is typeset in Times New Roman SevenImages from original source material of McHale's writing are traced and enlarged, and then placed directly on top of text in the reader with a high-contrast photo-overlay effect, rendering the text white where the image is blackThe images act as dynamic visual footnotes to what is being read

At the end of each chapter, the original source images are reproduced with long captions, typeset in Folio Medium

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The Expendable Reader, edited by Alex Kitnick, Columbia GSAPP books, interior spread

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Typefaces: Times Seven Regular; Folio Medium
Dimensions­: 11.3 × 17.8 cm/4.5 × 7 in
Pages: 296 pp
Paper­ (cover): Invercote G 240 gsm
Paper (interior): Enso Classic 80 gsm
Ink (cover): 1/1 black offset
Ink (interior): 1/1 black offset
Binding: smythe-sewn, hot melt
Printing: Kei Mei Printing, Hong Kong, CN