#coding book

Generating a book in one minute in the way of coding.

Through data importing, setting of value, function, parameter and calculating, as well as the visual structure planned in advance, an over-600-page book which consists of the content Oxford English Dictionary A to Z word list at the top of the page and 'One Hundred Years Solitude'' written by Gabriel García Márquez at the bottom of the page: is then generated less than one minute, going along with the editable high-resolution PDF.

It might be fantastic, yet as my background in graphic design, I feel like any way to generate work is just ways as options. I’m fascinated by knowing novel methods, in the meanwhile, it’s not hard for me to realise only designers’ taste can dominate the expression and constitution of works to export productions aesthetically, not the priority of using any tool. Before any coding, the most crucial need is what you've been trained as, how you're experiencing forms, as well as the ways you interpret the materials.

In a way coding seems time-saving, it can be a perfect choice when constant format or randomness of arranging materials is expected. However, you should use the way most making you feel comfortable to work on making things if the outcome of the production would go the same, as I believe some would like editing page by page by intuition, emotion or subjectiveness, as a journey of sense and dialogue with ingredients. Especially when people are working on editorial designs involving the arrangement of photographs or graphical pieces.

Coding can be meaningful if we go through it without getting lost in how it helps us clarify approaches and to what extent we feel like to generate things through it.

一分鐘內以編碼的方式生成一本書。

透過編碼計算，將「牛津字典 A to Z 單字庫」與「馬奎斯《百年孤寂》」作為資料庫導入編寫平台後設定參數、函數與變數、設計好視覺架構，一本600多頁雙內容的書40秒內排版完成，同時輸出成可於AI編輯且可直接送印之PDF檔。

這看起來可能很棒，但是作為平面設計師，生成作品的任何方式都只是一種選擇。雖然著迷於新方法的應用，但更需要被強調的是：只有設計師的品味才能主導作品的表達和構成、以美學的方式輸出作品，而非工具。在編碼之前，你以往的訓練、經驗史、你對美的感知以及轉譯素材的方式，才是你真正的材料。

某種方面來說編碼非常省時，有目的性地批次固定格式或想玩隨機排列，它會是一個完美的選擇。但是，如果產出作品的結果是一樣的，你最該用自己感到最舒服的方式去工作，因為我相信有些人更傾向於透過直覺、情感或個人觀點逐頁地進行編輯，它更像一種感性的、跟素材對話的旅程，尤其是涉及攝影和圖像的編輯設計。

In the world of Save. Spend. Splurge.: A look into how cults make money

…. and this is how cults make money. I am fascinated.

My friend is obsessed with these Sam Edelman Penny Boots — she calls them the Fryes on a budget.

This Reddit post on how this bride wanted people to pay for her to be a “normal” Kardashian for her Wedding Dayis….. unreal. It was not at all unreasonable to ask EACH GUEST to pony up $1500 to make this happen. NOT. AT. ALL. UNREASONABLE. /sarcasm