With everything turning towards technology, we have adapted the out with the old, in with the new mentality. Designer Kyle Bean has created a design that illustrates the issues with “technology and the Internet, and the effect it is having on the way we source information”. We are becoming a society that is more virtual. We download music rather than purchase CD’s, we research on the net, rather than going to the library and reading books. According to Kyle, “Books also have personality - they have textures and smells which the internet can’t offer”. Kyle wanted to illustrate this issue by using a book turned into a laptop. The object is made from a book purchased at a discount bookstore for only £1.50, as well as a few electrical components to illuminate the screen.
The book/laptop, has a CD-Rom drive complete with CD, a keyboard that can be removed so as to access the battery, and a switch that turns off the screen light once the book is closed. The book when closed, looks just like a regular book until opened. The words, “The Future of Books” is inscribed on the spine. I think Kyle did a wonderful job expressing the changes the world is facing regarding technology.
Designer: Kyle Bean
译文:
未来的图书
说到高科技的玩意,过时的理念已经被人们抛弃,有创意的想法才能流行。设计者Kyle Bean发明了一款科技和网络相结合的信息检索工具。我们生活在一个务虚的社会里。我们从网上下载音乐而不是去买唱片；我们用因特网来做研究，而不是泡图书馆或是阅读图书。按照Kyle所说的，“图书也有它自己的性格，一些独特的感觉是因特网所不能提供的”。Kyle想把这种想法通过把书变成笔记本的形式来实现。这个发明的原材料是从打折书店花1.5欧元淘回来的一本书和一些用来制成屏幕的电子零件制成的。
这本书或是这台笔记本有CD驱动，一个可以移动的键盘以便存取电池以及一个连接显示器的开关。一旦书合上，显示器就可以自动关掉了。当书合上的时候，笔记本看起来就是一本普普通通的书。书脊上面印有“未来的图书”的字样。我认为，Kyle的这项发明诠释了世界面对科技所做出的变化。