Some thoughts....

I have been doing quite a bit of pondering over the past couple days. I think my general research phase is pretty much finished and now i need to expand upon it; do something about it.
my initial question was; "Will paper ever become obsolete?" and through my research i have concluded that the answer is no, paper is too important to become obsolete, HOWEVER, paper is definitely changing.

The advent of the web and more recently, it's incredible accessibility makes the communication of information far more efficient. When i started this project i was secretly rooting for paper, while still trying to be as objective as possible, but what i have learned is that just because the web and digital medias are expanding, doesn't mean that paper doesn't still have a place in the world. I keep having to remind myself that as beautiful as i think paper is, it isn't a very easily renewable resource and the average amount of paper waste even one person creates is monumental. I did a quick experiment that campaigned for paper, and Rebbecca said she thought it was pretty much a waste of paper, because the design wasn't really thought about and the message was superficial. and that made me think. its unrealistic to holistically support just one side of the debate. which was going on in my head before.

so i think the answer to my question or possibly my hypothesis is that, the advance of digital media wont make paper obsolete, but more effective and precious. My next question is really what merits being printed out on paper. Paper has a sense of permanence that the web lacks. So i need to figure out what merits being printed out on paper, and focus on the special qualities that paper has to offer that make it precious and unique... eeee...i need to figure out how to do this though...