PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Domain is pleased to present So Since I'm Still Here Livin': A YouTuber Reader, edited by Kelly Xio. This anthology leverages the murky power of the YouTube algorithm and the open source traditions of web publishing to assemble a chorus of voices in a call for social justice and Black liberation. Spanning generations and movements, this collection re-presents infamous and lesser known speeches, conversations and debates that have motivated historical and contemporary struggle. This content is presented in a dynamic and experimental paperback format in which layout and typography are structured through the graphic elements of a video player interface. A circular record button cuts through each page spread, warping and complicating these transcriptions of spoken language. A playlist of video clips and outtakes from the paperback book is featured on the website wwww.sosinceimstillhereliv.in. This project is co-published with Open Forum, Berlin and supported by Wendy’s Subway, New York City.
BOOK INFORMATION
Trim Size: 7 x 4.25
Number of Pages: 344
Binding Method: Sewn signature
Paper: Ecco Book White 60g vol. 1.6
Typefaces: Twenty-first Century IDK (custom), OCR IDK (custom)
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So Since I'm Still Here Livin'
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Description
Book Title: So Since I'm Still Here Livin'
Design Firm/Agency: IDK
Publisher: Domain
Author/Editor: Kelly Xio
Juror Comments
“I’m a sucker for pocket size-books, so this book had me from the start. Upon entering the interior, the playful use of orientation with interjections of the platonic shapes that cast across the spreads, broken by the gutter, and then come up again, brings this book to action. The evolution of the central ellipses animates the spreads as a key nod to its content. The Coates and Hughes opening spread is quite surprisingly well done (only in that space type is so difficult to balance)—I particularity appreciate the care that went into the typesetting of the body copy. For a book that is text-based only, the pages are wonderfully visual and engaging to the point that you forget there are no images.” —Kimberly Varella
Winner Status
- 50 Books Winner
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