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Polaroid
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Good Press | Instant: The Story of Polaroid
CNN Money calls it “Three books in one…”
The Atlantic declares, “It’s rare for any product to be cool twice. But Polaroid film, with its white-framed, kinda-blurry instant pictures, managed to first represent the bright future of technology and then become a beloved, retro-chic relic of the past.”
Slate charts the rise and fall of Polaroid with a lovely slideshow.
Businessweek, in a Q&A with author Christopher Bonanos, discusses the parallels between Edwin Land and Steve Jobs, and a new gadget that joins their two greatest inventions.
The Bleat says, “A great brisk read, more attractive than 99.8% of the books I’ve seen lately, and an utterly American story as well. Applause.”
Time features some of the artists who’ve used Polaroid.
Design Observer interviewed Bonanos and says, “It is the rare design-subject book with a truly dramatic arc, and storytelling that lives up to it.”
Gizmodo excerpts the story recalling the first time the public ever saw a Polaroid picture (in 1947).
The Globe and Mail interviewed Bonanos about the amazing success and technological achievement of Polaroid in its heyday.
Brainpickings calls it “…a fascinating tale of rapid rise, catastrophic collapse, and the riveting ride between the two, at once told like never before and strangely familiar in its allegorical quality….brimming with lessons for modern tech mavericks.”
