it is important to think of shipping. a lot of the boxes are going a long way. will the sphere be stong enough or will it require being well packed in an accommodating outer box? also please no degradable materials. if we are to make 50 to 100 multiples it would be nice if the container would have at least as much integrity as box #1.
bests, carol "John M. Bennett" wrote: > Ahgg, no, don't use degradable anything, please! This is a librarian > speaking! The sphere sounds good, tho it would be hard, perhaps, to get a > label to stick well to it. Have to use "permanent" labels, I guess. And > be big enough to hold that CD. > > John > > At 12:05 PM 1/3/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >[process & juju] I think it would be interesting to include a > > >transcript of this design process. In particular it would start to > > >give some indications of the relationship between ideas, brainstorming, > > >online collaboration, decision-making (or not), & the resulting object. > > > >Yes, this is a great idea - I have been developing a web site for several > >years (it unfortunately always get shuffled to the bottom of a to do stack > >) called Art Object with a site of its own making - which is an online > >development forum for > >collaboration, development design and even production of multiples. > > > In that sense, a box/object which is somehows dynamic would more > > >mirroristically reflect the process we're participating in right now. > > >Meaning a box which erodes, germinates, parses algorhythms, blurs & > > >recombines identities. > > > >Yes indeed good idea/ possibility - do yo know about the new biodegradable > >styrofoam? Maybe we can use containers out of this - i hear that over time > >even the humidity in the air will cause them to breakdown - a self timer > > > __________________________________________ > Dr. John M. Bennett > Curator, Avant Writing Collection > Rare Books & Manuscripts Library > The Ohio State University Libraries > 1858 Neil Av Mall > Columbus, OH 43210 USA > > (614) 292-8114 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________
