Jonathan Safran Foer

At the cinema a few days ago I noticed a poster advertising the film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foers book extremely load and incredibly close. I read this book last year and if you have read it you know how the design and layout of the pages adds to the story.


As a photographer having visuals, for me adds a deeper understand. In this case of the story and an insight into the characters personality and state of mind.


Within the book are pages of text overlayed multiple times to the point it's almost a black page, words are crossed out or ringed with red pen, some pages just have one word on them and some pages are completely blank.


I wonder how they are going to reproduce this book visually, when the book is so engaging already.

Another book that Jonathan Safran Foers has recently produced is "Tree of codes" the story within this book is produced with words in layers. In some cases people highlight words within books or cross them out when they are editing. In this case some of the words have been cut out entirely and as you read the book you can see deeper into the book.

I have always been interested in books and over the last few years have been interested in more creative and unusual books, book that have other elements within them. With ipads and apps making reading digitally more appealing and easier the desire for a physical book is disappearing.  I have been looking into the thought of how the role of a physical book could be in years to come and personally I believe that books will go back to being treasured items, and it will take the diverse, creative and interactive element to give them an appeal that can separate them. you can read words on a page or you can read words on a screen but books have the possibility to create another dimension with ideas like the tree of code book.