The Typo Dress, Mary Katrantzou (A/W2012)
When this dress strutted down London Fashion Week’s catwalk earlier this year, a flurry of emails, texts and FB postings headed my way from friends and colleagues (with thanks). As detailed by...
View ArticleYour Mobile is a Typewriter: iPhone Cases
With the rise and rise of steampunk, our newest technology can be cloaked, rendered anachronistic as an image of technology past collides with the contemporary. And in its cloaking the typewriter is a...
View ArticleWhat is Media Archaeology, Jussi Parikka (2012)
A recent addition to Writing Technologies‘ bookshelves, I have been pouring through Jussi Parikka’s What is Media Archaeology?, an intellectually furious run through the field in which I work. As with...
View ArticleTypewriter Bookplates, Mac & Ninny (2012)
As part of the nostalgia drive, slow communication is pushing its way back into popular culture, even as fast communication is at the forefront of cultural and technological development. As The...
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