User:Thijshijsijsjss/PTMoMNBM

A repository of projects that may or may not be made.

2024-04-10 Stickerbook

What is it?

> A stickerbook: a small (pocket-sized) book with written text where each individual page is a sticker.

Why make it?

> What happens to a book with a missing page? If all pages are missing, is it still the same book? Is it still a book at all? How much is the narrative of a book contained in it's physical form?
> There is a suggestion of these pages not having a 'proper' order, in the sense that they can be taken and rearranged if a reader so desires.
> Sometime I want to share a page from a book, or remove one from the whole, or keep one with me. Additionally, I wonder what 

Workflow

(> Zeroeth, research must be done into the method of stickerization: how might one make the stickers? How can these pages be bound together if so desired? Etc)
> First, a text needs to be settled on. It can be an already existing text, or something new. 
> Next, the text needs to be formatted in a way to accomodate for the eventual stickerization.
> Then, stickers need to be made.
> Finally, optionally, the sticker-pages can be bound together.

Timetable

> The are two major factors in the timeline:
   1. the text. If this text is to be created from scratch (maybe specifically for the purpose of this project), this will be the bulk of the work. 
   2. the stickerization. If this is done elsewhere (e.g. through an online service), shipping times should be taken into account.

> All in all, the project should not take longer than 3 days (excl. shipping time): 1-2 to write, 1 to bind. If stickerization is done by self, this happens in between.

Rapid prototypes

A rapid prototype using this story made with the Brother QL-700 label printer.

A stickerbook bound with a clip

The individual pages of this stickerbook

Previous practice

> Building on questions of narrative and interaction in a static medium. Continuing explorations of printed matter.

Relation to a wider context

> It is a reference to stickerbooks that contain no text, but stickers figures.

Choices made

> Choices must be made on:
* Page size
* Fixed page size?
* Include instructions?
* Page numbers (yes or no)
* ...

Talking with Mania, Victor and Zuzu

When someone finds a sticker, can they find the rest? (physical locations of other stickers? Link to full text?)

Alsmost becomes a game to find the rest of the book, like geochaching. Rewarding to find a sticker already, even without considering the contents of the text.

The sticker format implies a spatial format. The book is read 'in space'.