Is Print Dead?
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- ptouch718
I have been thinking about this forever, and yes, I know there are better articles about it, but this recent thread re-sparked my interest:
http://www.qbn.com/topics/575231…
- MrOneHundred0
no.
- doesnotexist0
print isn't dead, but it's dying. I definitely think today's traditionally printed deliverables will be obsolete in the near future. and will be geared more towards the internet and new media.
- mcLeod0
never. a printed poster looks better on my wall than a flash drive containing a digital file
- but which one brings in more cash? one poster that has to be thrown away or a digital poster that can change its ad every few seconds?doesnotexist
- posters will become graffiti in the future.doesnotexist
- ptouch7180
will Indesign become tomorrows version of letterpress?
- ukit0
Not print in general, but you can't ignore the fact that the newspaper and magazine business is in serious trouble.
http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/20…
Newspaper advertising sales dived by a record 18.1% in the third quarter in a historic, across-the-board rout paced by a nearly 31% plunge in classified revenues.
Eking out $8.9 billion in print sales in the three months ended in September, the industry shed a bit less than $2 billion in revenues from the same period in the prior year, according to statistics published quietly on the afternoon before Thanksgiving by the Newspaper Association of America.
- ********0
No, yes and maybe...
Depends on what creative discipline of design you work in.
- dog_opus0
If it is, then I'm buried up to my neck in imaginary work.
- capn_ron0
Print may be slowing down as opposed to web rising, but that will just weed out the desktop publishers and leave a better group of print designers.
- ********0
print dead? wth!
- ukit0
- janne760
there's as much uncertainty for webdesigners as for printdesigners in these days of incredibly fast moving technology and new interfaces/languages/apps etc.
- ********0
No.
Next question.
- ribit0
Not yet, but eventually we will stop squeezing ink onto dead trees.
It's just a question of how long it takes for e-paper to take over (I think you have a few years yet).
- janne760
there's still letterpress companies. so if you try hard, and find nice clients, you can still be doing print.
i know i love the smell of fresh ink..
- monNom0
packaging isn't going anywhere.
- Gifto0
Clients want to (and already do) spend less and less on well produced print design which is a shame - but the cheaply produced, high volume stuff for mass communication will be around for a while.
- janne760
when epaper gets as cheap as security chips on grocerie products you will see friggin' flying logo's on your box of cereals..
- yo!janne76
- i bet bitchy "print" designers wont be programming themptouch718
- But there'll still be a need for printed packaging for it to go on, no?Gifto
- not necessarily printed, but yeah, for the time being i guess so..janne76
- you'll have movies playing on every surface, and animations on the bag inside too when you pour stuff out...ribit
- you'll get really exhausted by the time you finished your breakfast..janne76
- ukit0
Eventually advertising will be made up of personalized holograms which follow you everywhere you go.
- ********0
I have more print work than ever
- Same here - weird considering the economy has gone tits up, but can't complain!Gifto
- give it time********
- formed0
It won't die. People respond to touch very well. A screen is going to look like a screen, but a custom brochure in a wood box, laser engraved, foil stamped, etc., etc., will always leave an impression.
People like stuff. Until they no longer like stuff, it'll still be solid (again, though, at the higher end - cheap brochures can easily be replaced with PDFs)