Printed Matter

Went to the library today and took a look at he book printed matter. It make me think about the tangibility and importance of paper in the experiments done by Karel Martens. While one may be able to achieve the same general idea of the experiments with a computer program, like illustrator of Photoshop, i don't believe that it would be as successful. Marten's design process was so fleeting and completely reliant on his "printed matter" (haha). Only after he created or printed something, could he move forward. I dont really think the same objectives would as valuable on a computer program. Its so easy to simply press "Command Z" or scale something larger, rather than build upon your design and move forward. Also, things can look so drastically different on the computer screen compared to when it's printed out; with the RGB and CMYK differences. The physical printing of Karel Martens experiments, in my opinion, seem far more accurate and valuable than doing the same type of thing with a computer program.