The Craftsman on CD-ROM
Gustav Stickley's Magnum Opus on CD-ROM.
The entire publication created using Forr's Data Capture Services.
History Captured
The greatest document of the American Arts and Crafts movement, complete and unabridged, with fully searchable text had been preserved in PDF format. A landmark in digital publishing, The Craftsman on CD-ROM is an unparalleled resource for collectors, scholars, furniture makers, designers, and everyone interested in the style, form and philosophy of the Arts and Crafts movement. With every article and advertisement and every color page preserved, The Craftsman on CD-ROM includes all 183 issues. No other form of The Craftsman captures the beauty and character of the original pages and combines them with the most powerful advanced technology, so that they are now useful and accessible in entirely new ways.
The new Craftsman index, written by Arts and Crafts scholar Marilyn Fish, includes author and subject indices that link to the abstracts. With the index there are several essays that elucidate Stickley's ideals and his magazine's place in early 20th century American art and society. The entire package includes 8 CDs and two booklets presented in a rustic-looking binder and box - serves as a model for how to preserve and present fragile antiquarian texts. The Craftsman on CD-ROM includes Adobe Acrobat software which allows maximum flexibility and power in viewing and using The Craftsman on CD-ROM. This publication uses the latest high-tech tools and media to celebrate turn-of-the-century craftsmanship, print publishing, and design.
The Craftsman was the "bible" of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States, which reached it's zenith between 1900 and 1920. The movement began in England as a reaction to both the machine production of the Industrial Revolution and the highly ornamental style of the Victorian Era. The movement emphasized spare design, hand-crafting, and the importance of the individual craftsperson. In the United States, the leading practitioner was a furniture-maker Gustav Stickley, founder and publisher of The Craftsman.
The Craftsman on CD-ROM is fully preserved in PDF Format. Forr's Data Services and Adobe tools have brought this legendary magazine to a wider public.
Protecting old and rare works on paper while making them more widely accessible is a problem that comes up frequently with antiquarian documents. In the case of the Craftsman magazine, which was published from 1901 to 1916, it is a problem that has been solved both elegantly and eloquently by FKS and its publisher.
With Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop as the main software engines, FKS spent three years meticulously converting al 26,989 pages of the original magazine into a high-quality replica.
Using Adobe Acrobat Capture, every page of The Craftsman, including the covers and advertisements, was scanned at 300 and 400 dpi. Adobe Photoshop and Sequoia ScanFix were used for image enhancement procedures including adjusting the histogram, character smoothing, deskewing, despeckling the live-matter and for fine-tuning the images.
The Craftsman on CD-ROM does not merely reproduce the renowned periodical, it enhances the original with a comprehensive searchable index featuring 3,639 abstracts that are linked to the corresponding articles.
This publication is a a true beauty. If interested, a selection of pages have been extracted from one of the volumes for review. Submit the following form and request to see this selection prior to purchase.
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