newspapers and magazines ain’t dead yet…

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project
initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on
handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for
digital magazines in the near future. The concept uses the power of digital media to create a rich and meaningful experience, while maintaining the relaxed and curated
features of printed magazines.

Magic Crystal Display - Outdoor Poster

Here's a EL display. EL = Electro-Luminescent. Basically individual lighted panels... kind of like the indigo watch. Using print and bright LED lighting - this product creates a animation sequence that continous flashes. Very much like "the Esquire magazine" cover recently.

The environmental cost of E-ink

By now many of us have heard about the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) whose mandate is to promote and certify sustainable forestry, harvest and management. But what about non-traditional paper products? E-ink for instance.

Esquire magazine recently tried to get ahead of the pack and become first to market with an e-ink cover. And while they were first to market, the general reaction to the cover and the attendant publicity has been quite underwhelming. There's still a ways to go before we're designing for e-ink paper and speccing out jobs on a dynamic format. There was also an environmental cost to this stunt, which has been very well researched and makes for some interesting reading...

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/anya-kamenetz/green-friday/real-cost-e-ink

E-ink - too big for the mailbox.

Here's a link to some images of the current issue of Esquire, you know, the one with the e-ink cover. Someone has taken it apart and given us a good look at what makes e-ink run. Have a look behind the curtain - it would seem that e-ink is going to be a while in approaching practical applications...or mailboxes are going to have to start getting a lot bigger.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/esquire_eink_cover_hackin.html

links about e-ink

A couple of links about electronic ink for your reading pleasure. Is it the wave of the future? Not quite yet. Will it one day supersede ink on pulverized vegetation? Possibly - in fact probably - but we've got a while to wait, so sit yourself down and get a good paperback...

Hmmm. Wonder what those will be called in a paperless future?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/technology/08ink.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/09/08/esquire-eink-cover-a.html