{"product_id":"offline-matters-the-less-digital-guide-to-creative-work-9789063695781","title":"Offline Matters: The Less-Digital Guide to Creative Work","description":"\u003ci\u003eOffline Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a handbook for anybody experiencing digital overload in their lives and creative work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"For any creative who has had to cater to corporate dimwits in order support their art, here's a terrific guide to bringing your best work into the commercial sphere without selling out or compromising your craft. This is a book about how to break free from the data-driven expectations of your client's spreadsheet, and retrieve the true novelty that makes you valuable in the first place.\" - Douglas Rushkoff, author of \u003ci\u003eTeam Human\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOffline Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a much needed take-down of the whole 'cult of creativity' from the inside. This rattle gun attack on the perniciousness of the creative digital work will leave you aghast and amused in equal measure.\" - Oli Mould, author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen did creative work become so boring?\u003cbr\u003eHow did 'digital-first' come to dominate everything?\u003cbr\u003e...and why is nobody talking about it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart insider exposé, part worker-manual, this book is for any creative seeking help on: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Navigating the possibility of offline alternatives\u003cbr\u003e- Countering overwork culture, exploitation, and dulled-down ideas\u003cbr\u003e- Recovering what you loved about your creative calling \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e...away from the confines of our screens. We are dreaming of offline. Not as a romanticised past, a punishment, a quick detox, or a WiFi-free café. Offline is not a lifestyle. It's a space of opportunity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of \u003ci\u003eOffline Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll have a new perspective on the dry digitality that defines creative work today - and a set of strategies for going beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJess Henderson (pseud.) is a writer, theorist, and creative strategist. Aged just 26, in 2017 they founded Outsider - an insider-activist platform within the creative industries. Beginning as a subversive email newsletter, Outsider has grown to garner a cult-following around the world with their anonymous writings, research, publications, experimental workshops and offline-only events. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenderson is a fellow of the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam, and speaks about offline creativity around the world - including at NYCxDesign week, Parson's Strategic Design Conference, the DuPho Awards, and Us by Night Festival.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bis Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580131410194,"sku":"9789063695781","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_72102faf-16cf-48fc-9208-568d166b1683.jpg?v=1756207042","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/offline-matters-the-less-digital-guide-to-creative-work-9789063695781","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}