I’ve been standing on my soap box preaching the potential of motion design and interaction for years, and now I feel…justified! The iPad is offering a platform that will revolutionize they way we view and engage with media. Motion is embedded into everything, from transitions, to behaviors, entertainment sequences and layering information into advertisements – motion and interaction have become one with the publishing. Layouts shift with the users orientation, adjusting as fluidly as if the layout were made of a liquid substance, not pixels and code.

Now I really wonder, are my students prepared to design in this digital age? I hope so. {This challenge will keep me going for decades.} I wonder, with the invention of the iPad, the Kindle, and advances in Electronic Paper and mobile devices – what will print design be in 20 years?

How Wired is Changing its definition of Publishing:

Sports Illustrated – Tablet Demo 1.5