Feb 24, 2010

Beyond Interaction
-Introductory of openFrameworks programming for media art





This is the world's first book specializes and focus on openFrameworks, aim at learning openFrameworks with practical sample works as including variety of samples from basic to advance. openFrameworks is C++ framework, and it is the most remarkable programmings in the field of media art and interaction design.This book is suitable for everyone; beginners with no experience of programming or has interests in media art and interactive design, and also for who already has programming skills such as Processing and Flash but looking for more powerful programming environments.

Author: Atsushi Tadokoro, Satoru Higa, Akihiro, Kubota
Price: 3,400 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-670-8 )
Format: 256 x 184 mm, 304 pages ( Full Color )
Language: Japanese / Release date: 24th February 2010

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welcome

openFrameworks is a toolkit for creative coding in C++, designed to help artists, hackers, and experimenters jump in and make software with minimal overhead.

It began in 2004, when I was teaching a group of graduate students at Parsons School of Design in New York City, and I wanted to give them a set of tools, similar to the kinds of tools I was using as a practicing artist, to make their work with. I had just started teaching and other professors warned me, Art students aren’t going to want to learn coding, and definitely not with C++. However, my students proved them wrong. Not only were they able to understand and jump in to the code in a way no one could never have predicted, they were able to make great, creative, compelling works.

Since those early days, the openFrameworks team has grown. We are now three core developers: Theo Watson, Arturo Castro and myself, and work with an ever larger development team. The OF community has also grown, but the roots of openFrameworks - a tool designed to help beginners get up and running has always stayed the same.

In addition to teaching and making artwork, I sometimes feel that I am also working as a preacher. One thing that I often preach is that artistic practice is a form research, just like the other sciences. In the way that a company would have a R&D (research and development) department, to develop products of the future, artistic practice is a form of R&D for humanity, imaging possible futures. openFrameworks is an attempt to take this idea of “art making as laboratory” seriously -- we publish our research in the form of open source tools. In that way, the code is /use driven/: we take the things we learn as we make projects and put them back into the toolkit to help others make work.

Another idea I preach is DIWO (Do it with others). There's been a big push recently for DIY culture (Do it Yourself), things like Make magazine and Instructables. The next step is doing with others. With openFrameworks, we've been trying to foster a tight community of hackers and experimenters, meeting both online, but also in workshops, informal gatherings, and research labs. We've even had the privilege of teaching several workshops in Japan, including YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) and Kyushu University, each time we've been excited by how diverse and enthusiastic the OF community in Japan is.

The last thing I often preach is that making art is not hard, writing software, even in C++ is not (that!) hard, and we should try to have as much fun as possible along the way. It's my sincere hope that you have fun with this book, that you have fun with openFrameworks, and that if you are not already a part of the community, *welcome*.

Developer of openFrameworks

Zachary Lieberman


Feb 22, 2010

Beautiful Fonts and Designs
-The Character and Logo Designs of Masterpiece Fonts-








Not only the historical background of classical or masterpiece fonts, but also the aesthetical characteristics are visually explained, which makes the book unique. As Roman alphabet is widely used in logo design in Japan, it also features a step-by-step guide on logo creation with the Roman alphabet. Furthermore, it will become a handy, practical guidance on choosing the best font for any design purpose.

Price: 1,980 yen + tax (978-4-86100-689-0)
Format: 148 x 210 mm, 176 pages (Full Color), Softcover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release Date: 22nd February 2010

iPhone camera life







This is a perfect book to make the best use of iPhone camera!
This book introduces a variety of applications for iPhone camera, and features shooting techniques and tips such as how to make your pictures make artistic, cool, gorgeous, and fun! Also, it includes the information of iPhone accessories and archives.

-contents-
Introduction -Photo Gallery

Part 1 Let's use iPhone camera
How to use iPhone as camera / Characteristic of iPhone camera / Distinction between 3G and 3GS / Column #1 Let's do iPhone photo exhibition / Shooting techniques / Portrait, Foods and Drinks.....and more!

Part 2 Variety of expression by iPhone camera
LOMO, LC-A / HOLGA / ActionSampler / Polaroid SX-70.....and more !

Part 3 iPhone as a toy camera
CameraBag / Morelomo / Polarize / Fisheye Camera / Hipstamatic / MonoTaster with TOY LENS / ColorTaster with TOY LENS / DXP / Spica - Super Monochrome / CameraKit

Part 4 Spread image by applications
Quad Camera / DreamCamera / PanoLab / AutoStitch Panorama / StereoMaker / PS Mobile / Perfect Photo / Photogene / HDRCam / Pro HDR / TiltShift Generator / ColorSplash / Pop Art Lite / PhotoArtist - StripeCam / LEGO Photo - Level Camera / Koredoko - PetSnap

Part 5 Lends and Filter
Conversion Lens / Filters

Appendix Let's show your works
Flickr / Big Canvas PhotoShare / Twitter

Author: Kazutoshi Ohtani / Obscureinc
Price 1,500 yen + tax ( ISBN 978-4-86100-690-6 )
Format: 212 x 151mm, 112 pages ( Full Color ) Soft cover with Jacket
Language: Japanese / Release date: 22th February 2010