Puffy Bookmark

The ABRACADABRA bookmark aims to make finding where you left off and opening to that page easier. I didn’t know it was an issue but now I hate my ordinary paper bookmark. The ABRACADABRA contains an air-filled chamber, half of which is flattened by the weight of a book. Squeezing the exposed side inflates the concealed side lift the page just enough for your finger to slip in.

And just for fun and giggles, old ABRACADABRAS can be arranged on a paper pot. Yea, a paper tree, a paper pot, and graphics that look like something else.

Designer: Jung-Hyun Lee, Won-Sik Chae & Rhea Jeong

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48 Comments »

Comment by Ian
2008-03-18 05:16:54

 

unrelated: Good to see you guys back after yesterdays incident. Was anything lost/ stolen?

Comment by Yanko Design
2008-03-18 09:00:30

 

Hi Ian,

Only our database was affected (totally whipped out), but the files were left intact. Thank god we have daily backups of our database!

We are still trying to find out where the vulnerability was so we can prevent this dude from hacking us again.

 
 
Comment by AG
2008-03-18 07:38:18

 

Nice execution. Simple. Problem solved.

 
Comment by prodmod
2008-03-18 08:35:19

 

I love this because it is simple to manufacture, simple to use, cheap, and it can be very decorative.
great idea!

 
Comment by dan
2008-03-18 09:29:48

 

Don’t suppose you could tell me where to purchase some of these, could you? Thanks!

 
Comment by bystander
2008-03-18 09:58:13

 

simple yet innovative, well done. The next step, pitching the idea to a producer and let us know where we can get our hands on it.

 
Comment by Darrone
2008-03-18 13:09:54

 

Hmmm. simple and efficient. but lacking a cool name…

 
Comment by ParJoe
2008-03-18 13:10:34

 

That’s a cool idea, but I always just end up using scraps of paper and sticky notes. I usually leave them in a book when I put it on the shelf too.

 
Comment by Karl Roos
2008-03-18 14:18:53

 

Can I buy this?
If I can please mail me.

 
Comment by AlienzExist
2008-03-18 14:32:15

 

Unimaginably clever. You could sell a billion of these.

 
Comment by typoink
2008-03-18 15:14:19

 

This design strikes me as totally functionless. I’ve never had any trouble using the old-school “bend/lift the bookmark slightly to get my finger in there” trick.

And, since the part outside the book is the same size as the part inside, I think these would get knocked out of the books a lot.

 
Comment by Narual
2008-03-18 15:15:16

 

30 years on, I’ve yet to have a problem with paper or ribbon bookmarks.. not sure why I’d need an inflatable one.

 
Comment by IrisMR
2008-03-18 15:17:04

 

Practical. Simple. I like it.

 
Comment by CampSteve
2008-03-18 15:17:50

 

This assumes your book will stay tightly closed all the time. It’s meant to be on a part of the book farthest from the binding (so the inflation action works). But if you pick up the book, it’s very likely something like this will fall out. Regular bookmarks stay in the book because they are placed near the binding where it’s tight. This product won’t work near the binding because the tightness will keep it from inflating. Flawed, flawed, flawed.

This is a solution looking for a problem but the problem is this isn’t a solution.

 
Comment by TheCyberBob
2008-03-18 15:22:03

 

Kind of a neat idea. Sorta looks like 2 mini-whoopie cushions joined at birth. If they made the sound I’d TOTALLY get them.

 
Comment by sang hoon lee
2008-03-18 18:50:51

 

That’s good idea~!! I like it

 
Comment by gamecrazychris
2008-03-19 07:14:44

 

Cool idea too bad people don’t read books anymore.

Comment by Bri
2008-03-20 20:35:55

 

are you serious?

“too bad people don’t read books anymore.”

i read AND buy books all the time! i love books!

 
 
Comment by jennee
2008-03-19 07:15:48

 

Useless (I can open my books, thankyouverymuch), but ohh so cool!

 
Comment by Sammy
2008-03-19 10:04:50

 

A very cool idea… nice and simple, but still useful enough that I’d buy one.

A small suggestion, though: might it stay in the book better if the “interior” tab was extended further? (Not with a filling bladder, but just a ribbon-like extension that would nestle nicely into the groove along the spine, perhaps.)

 
Comment by Danini
2008-03-20 09:51:57

 

I wanna buy!!!
I wanna buy!!!
I wanna buy!!!

I am going to buy this & give to all my friends who love reading (^__^)

Pls let me know if this is for sale~!

 
Comment by Milander
2008-03-22 00:22:03

 

Ridiculus idea, either fold down a corner of the page your on, use a proper leather bokmark or just remember the page you were on. Using a thing so small and light is ridiculus. As a previous comment said, this is a solution looking for a problem and there is no problem for it to solve.

 
Comment by lackar
2008-03-23 05:10:13

 

Excellent! I want it now! Though I don’t read book any more.

 
Comment by lauren
2008-03-23 21:21:30

 

If they fall out it defeats the purpose right? And paper book marks are a more green choice as they are biodegradable. Like we need more useless plastic clutter. ugh.

 
Comment by Jeff
2008-03-31 07:51:22

 

I agree that this is a solution looking for a problem. In my opinion this is one of those things that one would buy, use once, then never use again after realizing it didn’t solve anything.

 
Comment by chrispi_
2008-04-17 05:21:14

 

very, very nice… i do wanna have some of these!
are they already available? where can i buy that fancy stuff?
plz tell me!

cheers

 
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