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Imperfection Machines: The Place of Print at Facebook

Scott Boms
June 14, 2018
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Imperfection Machines: The Place of Print at Facebook

The death of print and analog technologies has been greatly exaggerated. In fact, digital has paradoxically given many a new lease on life as a counterbalance to the effects of the ever-accelerating digital momentum engulfing our world. At Facebook, the Analog Research Lab might be described as the company’s cultural heartbeat, but it also a unique antidote to the abundance of technology and a means through which an entirely different kind of meaning can be found. It is equally a reflection of the company’s maker spirit — a place where meaning can be found in getting your hands dirty.

This talk will lift the covers on a side of Facebook few get to experience, and demonstrate the value real-world experiences have inside an organization where such things would commonly be at odds.

Scott Boms

June 14, 2018
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Transcript

  1. Scott Boms | Facebook Analog Research Lab
    IMPERFECTION MACHINES
    The Place of Print at Facebook

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  15. FRONT ROW CENTER IN 2015…OMG!!

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  18. Question 01
    DO YOU WORK HERE?

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  19. YEP!

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  20. Question 02
    WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

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  21. DESIGN PRACTICE
    STUDIO/WORKSHOPS
    PROGRAMS
    ?

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    HOW DID THE LAB START?

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  32. Photo of the Lab back in Palo Alto

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  43. Question 04
    WHAT DO YOU DO HERE?

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  44. Danger Will Robinson!

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  45. DESIGNER PRINTMAKER
    INK MIXER
    PAINT SPILLER
    PAPER CUTTER
    PHOTO TAKER
    RISO UN-JAMMER SNACK EATER
    NOTE TAKER
    SKETCHBOOK FILLER
    SIGN PAINTER SCREEN COATER
    SQUEEGEE CLEANER EMAIL SENDER
    ART DIRECTOR ANIMATOR
    CONTENT WRITER SADDLE STITCHER
    ELECTROPOUNCER
    PRINT ARCHIVER FONT IDENTIFIER
    HEAD BANGER LATTE MAKER
    RECORD PLAYER PAPER JAMMER VIDEO PRODUCER SIGN HANGER
    POLAROID SHAKER POSTER STAPLER PAPER PURCHASER
    VINYL CUTTER HALFTONE TROUBLESHOOTER TROUBLEMAKER?

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  49. Question 05
    WHAT HAS THE LAB MADE LATELY?

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  50. Menlo Park
    CALIFORNIA
    New York
    NEW YORK
    Dublin
    IRELAND

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  51. Alumni: Bijan Berahimi | John Patrick Thomas | Heather Hardison | Eddie Perrote | Mario Wagner
    Hannah K. Lee | Leta Sobierajski | Jimmy Mezei | Elana Schlenker | Andy Tran | Fuchsia MacAree
    Bill Rebholz
    Joseph Alessio
    Steve McCarthy
    Trevor Finnegan
    Frances MacLeod
    Kaye Blegvad Monica Garwood
    Ryan Johnson

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  57. gives you time
    to consider
    to think
    in
    n
    o
    n
    linear
    to make unexpected
    ideas,
    ways,
    leaps.
    1
    2
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    Procrastination
    – Adam Grant
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    D
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    F R
    O
    N
    OPEN
    FACEBOOK / TARGET DESIGN EXCHANGE
    TWO ZERO ONE SIX
    We’re the
    OPTIMISTS

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  58. Question 06
    WHAT CAN I DO HERE?

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  59. Participate.

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  68. Question 07
    DO YOU HAVE A LAMINATOR?

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  70. Question 08
    WHY INVEST IN ALL THIS?

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  71. Ah, the
    $6,000,000
    question!

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  72. $code = 1;
    $arguments = 0;
    if($code > $arguments) {
    echo "Code wins arguments";
    } else {
    echo "Keep shipping";
    }
    ?>

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  77. Question 09
    WHY NOT DIGITALLY PRINT EVERYTHING?

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  84. Question 10
    WHAT’S THE IMPACT OF ALL THIS?

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  85. 1+1=3?

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  95. Question 11
    IS THIS THE BEST JOB EVER?

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  96. Yep.

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  100. fb.com/analoglab
    instagr.am/analoglab
    ANALOG RESEARCH LAB
    fb.com/scottboms
    instagr.am/scottboms
    SCOTT BOMS

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  101. Squeeeeeege!
    THANK YOU

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