Paper Beats Internet is an “analog” social networking site that uses hand-rendered drawings as communications tools. Users post an initial drawing on the Paper Beats Internet website, and others create comment and response drawings that work off of the first drawing’s theme. Besides being aesthetically pleasing, the time and care that goes into doing a drawing adds a sense of thought, warmth and depth to the usually quick, off-the-cuff world of social media. The project is a collaboration between the New Directions in Pictoral Design class at the Ontario College of Art and Design, and a group of invited collaborators.
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Looking at this reminded me of another Toronto- based image based networking site called Image Spark (http://www.imgspark.com), instead of posting your own illustrations, people are encouraged to post any images that inspire them… Creating a profile and uploading photos also enters them into a community library… Since I’m no designer, but like to be inspired, the community can turn up some pretty interesting stuff. If you’re really into it you can also organize your own library into mood boards. Just a warning, it can be highly addictive.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:33 am
If I wasn’t such a terrible drawer I would think this was even cooler :-)
May 5th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Paper beats internet…is a sure art gallery online. Thanks for offering this article. Thanks
May 17th, 2009 at 2:21 am