- LG Electronics e-book
[ Winner of Red Dot Design Concept 2006 Best of Best Award ]
Electronic, eco-sensitive, and ergonomic, this smart portable PC has been designed to give users the feeling of reading a slim magazine.
The portable PC is getting slimmer and lighter, while the display screen is getting wider and bigger. In order to satisfy these basic requirements, the e-book uses double-sided OLEDs to quadruple the display screen and achieve an enhanced visual effect. When it is opened, the lower portion can be used as a sub screen. The bottom screen also displays a QWERTY keypad or Note to allow the user’s input through various methods – typing, writing and so on, by adopting touch-sensor technology. OLED can be used as the e-book’s fashionable skin to suit the user’s personality. It can also act as a screen saver.
The use of a liquid fuel cell is an environmentally-friendly solution, which also provides a degree of freedom of being “wirelessâ€. Existing fuel cells, like lithium batteries, are commonly used, but cause many environmental problems after being discarded. The liquid fuel cell has an eco-friendly method of obtaining electrochemical energy from the chemical reaction of natural gas and methanol. The e-book has been specifically designed with the use of the liquid fuel cell. It is designed to visually express the mixture of two heterogeneous liquids contained in the common transparent cell. This cell allows users to visually determine how much fuel is left by the amount of coloured air in the cell. The fuel cell is designed to feel like a perfume bottle. This electronic device is able to give out a perfumed scent, so the refilling system is designed to feel as if the user is handling a perfume bottle.
Future products should not force users adapt to them, but should adapt to users! The e-book is not only a slim, portable PC; its design is also focused on usability. The ergonomics, such as the turning of the page and the contact points with the hand, have been integrated with the design.
Red Dot Award Design Concept 2007 Registration
- Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility to participate extends to all designers, design studios, companies, research laboratories, inventors, design professionals and students from anywhere in the world are eligible to enter.
All kinds of inventions, novelty designs and aesthetic designs that are not in the market, and not produced for sale before 1 December 2007 can be entered. Award decisions are taken on the concept presentations directly by the jury during the adjudication process.
There are 2 categories of entrants for the competition, corporate entrants and individual entrants. Corporate entrants refer to design teams of companies or designers entering as an organisation.
Individual entrants refer to professional or student designers. Individual entrants may comprise of teams of not more than 10 members.
- Requirements for Entry
Submit detailed explanations, with pictures included, in A3 sized presentations. The explanations should also focus the novelty of the design concept. The judging criteria may also be used as a guide.
The presentation should not be more than 3 pages. Your presentation format can be in jpeg, eps or pdf formats. Each presentation should not be more than 2Mb in size. Font size of the text must be at least 11 points and in black.
Include at the bottom right hand side of each page, in the following order:
1. Title of work and registration number
2. Designer’s/Company name
3. Competition category
4. Page numberAdditional materials such as models, prototypes and video presentations (avi, wmv, swf, or DVD format only) may be sent to enhance your presentation.
Deliver additional materials to red dot Singapore, red dot award: design concept 2007, 28 Maxwell Road, #02-15, Singapore 069120.
Dates for delivery of additional materials are 15 Jan 2007 to 20 Jun 2007.
Check out Red Dot Online for more details.
