Книга: «Interwoven. Kvadrat Textile and Design»
Производитель: "Prestel" One of the world`s leading textile manufacturers, Kvadrat have been pioneers of Scandinavian style for four decades; their fabrics have become essential components of the most exquisite modern interiors. From the classic modern designs of the 1960s and 1970s to the vibrant, ecologically and technologically advanced styles of today, Kvadrat have worked together with some of the pioneers of twentieth century art and design, such as Nanna Ditzel and Verner Panton, and nurtured important relationships with some of the world`s most creative artists, architects and designers such as David Adjaye, Patricia Urquiola, Roman Signer, Thomas Demand, and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. This beautiful volume designed by Graphic Thought Facility celebrates the textiles of Kvadrat, drawing a thread from their deep roots in the coastal landscape of Denmark to their herd of Icelandic sheep, bred and reared by artist Olafur Eliasson. Filled with color photographs and fascinating texts, the book highlights specific themes that characterize Kvadrat`s association with the likes of Tord Boontje, Akira Minagawa, Finn Skodt, and Sevil Peach; and their influence in the field of textile design in offices, entertainment venues, and the home. ISBN:978-3-7913-4858-2 Издательство: "Prestel" (2013)
ISBN: 978-3-7913-4858-2 |
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Whilst the teletext services were provided free of charge, and were encoded as part of the regular television transmissions, Prestel data was transmitted via
The original idea was to persuade consumers to buy a modified television set with an inbuilt modem and a keypad remote control in order to access the service, but no more than a handful of models were ever marketed and they were prohibitively expensive. Set-top boxes were pioneered by the
Because the communication over telephone lines did not use any kind of error correction protocol it was prone to interference from line noise which would result in garbled text. This was particularly problematic with early home modems which used
However, it was still an expensive proposition, and as a result, Prestel only ever gained a limited
GEC Computers produced a number of national variants of Prestel which were sold to the PTTs of other countries, such as Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Germany, Singapore, [incomplete list] . Italy was the largest system with 180,000 subscribers. The Singapore system had a notable technology difference in that pages were not returned over the modem connection, but were returned using
In 1990, BT introduced a new commercial model which effectively killed the domestic usage of the service. Finally in 1991 it was decided that BT should move away from providing Value Added Services and should focus on network provision. Consequently the various consumer and business services were run down or sold off with such services as Prestel Travel and BTIS (BT Insurance Service) becoming private networks services for third party providers.
The
The Prestel name and equipment was eventually sold by
Prestel Online, which was an Internet service provider spinoff, was sold to Scottish Telecom, and as of
The dial-up viewdata service was run down as the
In contrast to the demise of the British system, the French equivalent of Prestel, Teletel/Minitel, which used the slightly superior CEPT2 standard, received substantial public backing when millions of Minitel terminals were handed out free to telephone subscribers (causing
A closed access videotex system based on the Prestel model was developed by the travel industry, and continues to be almost universally used by travel agents throughout the country: see
References
*Fedida, S. and Malik, R. (1979). The Viewdata Revolution. London, UK, Associated Business Press, ISBN 0-85227-214-6
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External links
* [http://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v9n5/123_A_users_view_of_Prestel.php Review] of Prestel from 1983
* Text and images from a [http://www.crowsnest.co.uk/prestel/index.htm booklet] given out at "A Fanfare for Prestel" event at Wembley in March 1980.
* [http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/carlson/History/Prestel.htm A Short] History of Prestel
Источник: Prestel
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