Posts Tagged ‘ design

The Future of Digital Reading Design Challenge –

I am interested to see the results of this design challenge regarding the future of digital reading:
http://www.core77.com/blog/featured_items/new_1_hour_design_challenge_launches_today_the_future_of_digital_reading_14577.asp

Will it be a cellphone like device? A tablet? A book even? How would you design the future of digital reading?

Tags: design, reading

Colors of Camouflage: Dazzle & Pink

Thanks to CORE77 for the heads up!

RISD symposium designed to Dazzle – Core77

They use to paint battleships like this…

DAZZLE paint job on Battleships

DAZZLE paint job on Battleships

Also use to paint battleships  PINK: Mountbatten Pink

Imagine if we could paint our libraries or cities a certain color and that would make people read more. What would that color be called?

Seriously, if colors calm us down, make us agitated, etc… why couldn’t a color be more condusive to reading?

Tags: design

Shelving books by typeface?

Idea: What if books were shelved by typeface/font of the text?

Or if books were shelved by typface/font of the title on spine?

How many style-points would you give a library that did that?

Tags: books, coherence, collections, design, organization

Most AWESOME Book-box from Core77 blog

Oh how I want one…

Book-box 1.0 is promising; please deliver 2.0 – Core77

Tags: books, design

LA Times article on making your bookshelves “jazzy”.

Tweaked: 3 different looks for an IKEA bookshelf – Los Angeles Times

I just got some fancy new bookshelves for my apartment, so no more giant piles of books everywhere. Maybe I can hire a librarian to put them in some sort of order… wait, I am a librarian!

In any event, check out the above article for making your shelves more unique.

Tags: article, books, design, DIY