VE3
Composition No.1
Marc Saporta
£25 ($40) + P&P
This book can be read in any order.
Introduction by Tom Uglow, Google and YouTube
With diagrams by Salvador Plascencia
“If the story doesn’t capture you, maybe you should start again.” Tom Uglow
VE3 is a re-imagining of a book originally published in the 1960s. The book is the first ever “book in a box”, called Composition No. 1 by Marc Saporta. When we say book in a box we mean: quite literally a book that comes in a box with loose pages. Each page has a self-contained narrative, leaving it to the reader to decide the order they read the book, and how much or how little of the book they want to read before they begin again. In so many ways, Composition No.1 was published ahead of its time: the book raises all the questions we ask ourselves today about user-centric, non-linear screen driven ways of reading.
With this in mind, we approached Tom Uglow of Creative Labs Google and Youtube to write an introduction for the book. This re-imagined edition also includes several of Salvador Plascencia’s (author of The People of Paper) drawings, looking at all the different components that make up a “typical” book. The book is designed by Universal Everything, UK-based design studio known for their interactive screen-based work.
Ultimately, our re-imagined Composition No.1 asks readers to consider: what makes a book a book?
Design by: Universal Everything
Translated from the French by Richard Howard.
Published 11 August 2011
ISBN 978-0-9565692-2-6
Box with loose pages
Composition No. 1 is also available for iPad. Download it from iTunes now.