The current libre and open source toolset allows pushing the boundaries of book making. During the last 10 years, in a wish to go beyond limits imposed by proprietary software, designers, artists and collectives researched new ways of thinking the publishing chain. PrePostPrint, initiated by Sarah Garcin and Raphaël Bastide in 2017 is a network made up of such people, events and tools. The collective shares ways of crafting graphic objects, with alternative, libre or DIY tools or made in a certain context constrained by its economy, its emergency or its collaborative nature. The Seminar A Party To Print was given in this context of experimental publishing, free software, and collaboration.

During a party called “Blur Factory” organized by students, data and pictures from the guests were collected live and injected into the book layout in real time.

Before that event, during the seminar, we have collectively built 4 devices to capture text and images. Each device was designed by a group of student, matches a part in the book, and was linked to a particular space or time of the party.