Context Window by Scott Boms
Context Window takes a McLuhan-esque mosaic approach in the form of a visual essay on the ever-expanding role and effects of computers and digital technology on our lives. As our exposure to computers and digital technology has expanded, infiltrating nearly every aspect of human existence, their ability to change our behavior through subconscious cues and otherwise invisible environmental changes should prompt deeper consideration of who these changes ultimately benefit.
On the font choices throughout the book:
Like the books I’ve designed and produced, Context Window is a creative outlet to utilize a number of my favorite typefaces. Tiempos being an economic and reliable family for long-form text – and especially capable in print. And Nick Sherman’s HEX Franklin has become a go-to workhorse but also fitting for its historical ties back to the writing of Marshall McLuhan.
The first printing, a limited edition of 100 copies was printed by Newspaper Club in the UK and includes additional related Risograph prints and other ephemera produced in the heart of Silicon Valley.
