A free download as an interactive iPad app, PDF, or hard copy, the book explores how Christie MicroTiles have allowed architects and designers to introduce inventive, irregular shapes into projects where video, motion graphics and interactive content are applied.
The release of The Book of Shapes: International Design Inspirations Featuring Christie MicroTiles coincided with Christie's largest ever presence at the Integrated Systems Europe trade show in Amsterdam and comes on the third anniversary of the market release of Christie MicroTiles.
The Book of Shapes app features MicroTiles installations from around the world since the product's launch - with visuals, embedded video and detailed narratives on how the display technology is being used, and the results achieved. The app also includes location maps, reference materials and an integrated version of MicroTiles Designer 2.0, a Web-based tool that allows designers and architects to visually plan and specify MicroTiles-driven projects.
iPad users can locate and download The Book of Shapes app free from Apple's App Store. A non-interactive PDF is also available free of charge, allowing all the showcases and supporting material to be readily viewed on other tablet devices and conventional PCs and laptops.
"The Book of Shapes is designed to inform and inspire people charged with integrating display technology into projects, and help them think about how having a digital canvas can energize and transform a space, or solve a business challenge, in interesting new ways," explained Kathryn Cress, vice president, global & corporate marketing, Christie.
"We've been amazed how architects, retail designers, pro AV and interactive experts have all taken advantage of the opportunity to introduce shapes into design concepts," added Cress. "They've gone so far beyond a display world that was defined forever by rectangles, and the remarkable thing is we've likely had just a taste of what's possible."
(Jim Evans)
