Comments on: Welcome To The Library http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/ Modern Industrial Design News Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jimmy Chttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-323739 Jimmy C Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:59:19 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-323739 @Dustin: It doesn't really have to be practical or convenient, now does it? Some people just like the feel of a real book, and this is the best of both worlds. And I really don't think the backlit screen was the main point of the design. @Dustin: It doesn’t really have to be practical or convenient, now does it? Some people just like the feel of a real book, and this is the best of both worlds. And I really don’t think the backlit screen was the main point of the design.

]]> By: Cindyhttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-101503 Cindy Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:45:31 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-101503 I have a Kindle and am looking to take the next step forward. This technology is catching on. I just read that the 2010 sales of digital readers will more than double of the amount that was sold last year. It's a great experience to use a e-reader. I travel and lot and find the Kindle very nice to take along. I have a Kindle and am looking to take the next step forward. This technology is catching on. I just read that the 2010 sales of digital readers will more than double of the amount that was sold last year.
It’s a great experience to use a e-reader. I travel and lot and find the Kindle very nice to take along.

]]> By: Library e-book Reading Device - könyvtárépítészet – library architecturehttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-100928 Library e-book Reading Device - könyvtárépítészet – library architecture Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:43:36 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-100928 [...] via Yanko Design [...] [...] via Yanko Design [...]

]]> By: Dustinhttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-100384 Dustin Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:45:17 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-100384 I know when you think of a Kindle you think of it as just another computer screen to tire out your eyes. However, the trademark design of a "computer screen" is its backlit capabilities to display images in the form of pixels. The Kindle is NOT backlit and is displayed using electronic ink that is not composed of LEDs or anything emitting light that could have any more effect on the eyes than reading a normal book. You would certainly still need a booklight to read a Kindle. So with that said, the Kindle (and any others that use electronic ink) is your best option for replicating the same experience of reading a traditional book. This design here seems impractical, inconvenient, unreliable, and too cumbersome, in my humble opinion. I know when you think of a Kindle you think of it as just another computer screen to tire out your eyes. However, the trademark design of a “computer screen” is its backlit capabilities to display images in the form of pixels. The Kindle is NOT backlit and is displayed using electronic ink that is not composed of LEDs or anything emitting light that could have any more effect on the eyes than reading a normal book. You would certainly still need a booklight to read a Kindle.

So with that said, the Kindle (and any others that use electronic ink) is your best option for replicating the same experience of reading a traditional book. This design here seems impractical, inconvenient, unreliable, and too cumbersome, in my humble opinion.

]]> By: Om bladring 2http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-100288 Om bladring 2 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:58:20 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-100288 [...] Yanko Design - Welcome To The Library [...] [...] Yanko Design – Welcome To The Library [...]

]]> By: Best of the Week #101 | iDESIGNhttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-100083 Best of the Week #101 | iDESIGN Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:50:55 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-100083 [...] Welcome To The Library [...] [...] Welcome To The Library [...]

]]> By: AlienzExisthttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-99621 AlienzExist Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:25:28 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-99621 E-readers are not new, every idea in this design has been done hundreds of times by students everywhere. I agree with k.anon^^, you are forgetting why e-readers are being made. And the little sprocket mechanism in the last image is a very bad shape for a part, considering dust and dirt and fragility. Imagine trying to keep every particle out of spaces like that. As a designer you should be aware that tiny crevices are terrible in products. That looks like the worst possible mechanism for page turning. E-readers are not new, every idea in this design has been done hundreds of times by students everywhere. I agree with k.anon^^, you are forgetting why e-readers are being made. And the little sprocket mechanism in the last image is a very bad shape for a part, considering dust and dirt and fragility. Imagine trying to keep every particle out of spaces like that. As a designer you should be aware that tiny crevices are terrible in products. That looks like the worst possible mechanism for page turning.

]]> By: k.anonhttp://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/05/welcome-to-the-library/comment-page-1/#comment-99421 k.anon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:02:10 +0000 http://www.yankodesign.com/?p=20752#comment-99421 I dunno...one of the best reviews of the Kindle was from a man with a disability who couldn't really hold on to a traditional book. I think one of the most attractive features of the Kindle (even if it wasn't intentional) and other e-book readers is that it allows people who are often forgotten to have access to the kind of stuff that able-bodied people take for granted. I dunno…one of the best reviews of the Kindle was from a man with a disability who couldn’t really hold on to a traditional book. I think one of the most attractive features of the Kindle (even if it wasn’t intentional) and other e-book readers is that it allows people who are often forgotten to have access to the kind of stuff that able-bodied people take for granted.

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