Charlotte Knibbs

Mag+

Was sifting through my ‘likes’ on Vimeo recently and no idea why I didn’t blog this sooner but realised this might be really useful for a few friends on the MA looking into the subject of digital/tangible reading. If any of you are reading, I hope this helps!!

It is a prototype for a UI how one might read and interact with digital magazines in the future.

Weirdly, this came out before the iPad was announced, the horizontal to vertical switch of the spreads is almost like those clevercloggs at Bonnier R&D had their mitts on an iPad prototype. So bloody clever.

Completely different from anything out on the market at the time, like the Kindle, which with its non-glare screen may be great for reading reams of text in comparison to the iPad, but not exactly ideal for pretty editorial layout.

I love this!