While the browser-based sketching we mentioned earlier may take off in popularity, particularly among the younger set, it's nice to see some examples of good ol' pen-on-dead-trees. Michael DiTullo, the industrial designer currently serving as Converse's Creative Director, has self-published a 120-page book filled with ten years' worth of his sketches. There's a quick review of it over at IDsketching, which contains this excellent excerpt summing up the appeal of paper-based sketching:
There is nothing like the potential in a fresh stack of blank paper. I see the paper and my hand starts to twitch with anticipation, my eye searches for a pen, and my brain automatically begins thinking about what objects in the room I might design differently. Anything is possible on a blank page. The unknown awaits and my imagination is my only limitation. If I mess the sketch up, another fresh sheet of paper is right underneath, begging to be drawn on.
DiTullo's somewhat Philip-K.-Dick-esque titled Analog Dreams can be purchased here.
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