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I'm pleased to announce that I have chosen a printer (actually a printing service) for the squared circle poster project - a non-commercial project to produce some very cool collaborative mosaic posters for Flickr members.
I'll be doing a print-run in early April, and the posters should be ready to ship in the beginning of May.
The reason for the delay in printing is so that I can time this to coincide with the "day in the life" poster project (the next DILO is March 21 - this will provide a week or two to collect images for that poster). By printing both posters (actually 4 posters) overseas, I'll be able to significantly reduce the printing costs, but there is some delay involved.
I'm currently planning on printing 4 posters. The posters will be:
1) A 64 x 64 tile "Giant Peach" containing 4096 squared circles. The names of all the contributers will be on this poster (below the square), as well as the URL of a webpage containing a mapped version of the poster with links to the larger photos. This image was the favorite in an informal poll I conducted a few weeks ago.
EDIT: Weeks after writing this, I decided to use smaller numbers of tiles for the first 3 posters, because it makes them look much better (the tiles are easier to make out).
2) A Fibonacci Spiral containing an even larger number of licensed squared circles (however many are available in early April), with more poster real-estate given to heavily favorited circles (big circles are prettier). This poster will contain the URL of a webpage containing attributions. This was the second-most favorite.
3) The next "Day in the Life" mosaic, all licensed photographs taken March 21, 2005, arranged in 1/2 hour increments from top to bottom. This poster will contain the URL of a webpage containing mapped attributions. Please participate in the next DILO and get on this poster too!
4) To be announced. A Flickr-related project that I think you're gonna like.
Each poster will be printed at 350 DPI on glossy paper at 27 x 40 (a standard poster size, suitable for cheap frames). This is not as large as I originally hoped, but I think you will like the price, which is much lower than I had originally hoped for:
The posters will be $4 each, or $12 for the set of 4. There will be an initial limit of 2 sets per person to make sure every contributor can get one. I'll remove this restriction later if I don't run out.
This price covers the approximate printing costs (divided by the estimated head count) but does not cover shipping & handling. I have not yet determined the S+H prices, but I expect them to be similar to EBay. I'm shipping out of California - shipping prices will be lowest for contintental US, a little higher for Canada (sorry Flickr employees!) and higher elsewhere. I should be able to ship 4 posters in one tube (the posters are coming to me prewrapped).
To save on overseas shipping, I can ship posters in larger quantities to overseas "hubs", but the hub coordinators will need to arrange local ordering & shipment, and then order in bulk from me. Here is a discussion on overseas ordering where you can work on setting this up.
In April, I'll put up a (paypal) ordering page for posters, as well as previews of the final artwork - the thumbnails above are representative samples, but do not contain the final set of tiles, nor the poster text.
Thanks for your support in making this project happen! Remember to use Creative Commons licenses on your images if you want them to appear on these posters!
Related threads:
Origins of this project
Licensing Status
Head Count
Overseas Shipping.
Origins of this project
Licensing Status
Head Count
Overseas Shipping.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I'm pleased to announce that I have chosen a printer (actually a printing service) for the squared circle poster project - a non-commercial project to produce some very cool collaborative mosaic posters for Flickr members.
I'll be doing a print-run in early April, and the posters should be ready to ship in the beginning of May.
The reason for the delay in printing is so that I can time this to coincide with the "day in the life" poster project (the next DILO is March 21 - this will provide a week or two to collect images for that poster). By printing both posters (actually 4 posters) overseas, I'll be able to significantly reduce the printing costs, but there is some delay involved.
I'm currently planning on printing 4 posters. The posters will be:
1) A 64 x 64 tile "Giant Peach" containing 4096 squared circles. The names of all the contributers will be on this poster (below the square), as well as the URL of a webpage containing a mapped version of the poster with links to the larger photos. This image was the favorite in an informal poll I conducted a few weeks ago.
EDIT: Weeks after writing this, I decided to use smaller numbers of tiles for the first 3 posters, because it makes them look much better (the tiles are easier to make out).
2) A Fibonacci Spiral containing an even larger number of licensed squared circles (however many are available in early April), with more poster real-estate given to heavily favorited circles (big circles are prettier). This poster will contain the URL of a webpage containing attributions. This was the second-most favorite.
3) The next "Day in the Life" mosaic, all licensed photographs taken March 21, 2005, arranged in 1/2 hour increments from top to bottom. This poster will contain the URL of a webpage containing mapped attributions. Please participate in the next DILO and get on this poster too!
4) To be announced. A Flickr-related project that I think you're gonna like.
Each poster will be printed at 350 DPI on glossy paper at 27 x 40 (a standard poster size, suitable for cheap frames). This is not as large as I originally hoped, but I think you will like the price, which is much lower than I had originally hoped for:
The posters will be $4 each, or $12 for the set of 4. There will be an initial limit of 2 sets per person to make sure every contributor can get one. I'll remove this restriction later if I don't run out.
This price covers the approximate printing costs (divided by the estimated head count) but does not cover shipping & handling. I have not yet determined the S+H prices, but I expect them to be similar to EBay. I'm shipping out of California - shipping prices will be lowest for contintental US, a little higher for Canada (sorry Flickr employees!) and higher elsewhere. I should be able to ship 4 posters in one tube (the posters are coming to me prewrapped).
To save on overseas shipping, I can ship posters in larger quantities to overseas "hubs", but the hub coordinators will need to arrange local ordering & shipment, and then order in bulk from me. Here is a discussion on overseas ordering where you can work on setting this up.
In April, I'll put up a (paypal) ordering page for posters, as well as previews of the final artwork - the thumbnails above are representative samples, but do not contain the final set of tiles, nor the poster text.
Thanks for your support in making this project happen! Remember to use Creative Commons licenses on your images if you want them to appear on these posters!
Related threads:
Origins of this project
Licensing Status
Head Count
Overseas Shipping.
