Workshop at LIFT 10 / Geneva organized by Frederic Kaplan, Cristiana Bolli Freitas and Laurent Bolli.

1. Reinventing
books magazines
and newspapers
in the digital age
Frédéric Kaplan / ozwe.com / craft.ep!.ch
Cristiana Bolli Freitas / bread-and-butter.ch
Laurent Bolli / bread-and-butter.ch

2. What is
the future
of reading ...

3. There is no
such thing as
reading

4. Reading is a familly of
behaviors that look the
same...

5. ... but are fundamentally
differents

6. Di!erent navigation patterns
Linear
Novel, Essay, Comics, Children Books

7. Di!erent navigation patterns
Hierachical
Magazines, Co!ee Table Books, Travel Guides

8. Di!erent navigation patterns
Indexed
Dictionnary, ...

9. Di!erent navigation patterns
Branching
Interactive novels...

10. Di!erent consumption style
Bounded
Magazine, Novel,...

11. Di!erent consumption style
Endless
Dictionnaries, Encyclopedia.

12. Di!erent gesture grammar
one-handed
Paperback books

13. Di!erent gesture grammar
Two-handed
Newspapers

14. Di!erent gesture grammar
Interactive
Children books

15. . Magazines . Novels
. Newspaper . Travel Guides
. Comics . Dictionaries
. Children’s books . Catalogues
. Essays . User manuals, ...
20th Century
Stable Reading Forms

16. O
One-handed Two-handed Extended
. Novels
.
. Essays
. Comics
Children’s
books
Linear
. Newspaper
. Travel Guides
. Magazines
Hiearchical
. User manuals
. Dictionaries
. Catalogues
Indexed
20th Century
Stable Reading Forms

17. ?
21st Century
Stable Reading Forms

18. Stable forms can evolve
when new reading
interfaces are introduced

19. CD-ROM
New navigation pattern > Hypertext
New gesture grammar > Pointer / Keyboard
New “semi-stable” reading forms
- Multimedia interactive encyclopedia
- Multimedia interactive books

20. Web
Real-time updating
Open, easily expandable content
New stable reading forms
- Blog posts
- Twitter messages

21. FIVE new
reading
interfaces
21st Century
Stable Reading Forms

22. Barcodes + scanners

23. Smartphones

24. Tablets

25. Boards

26. Future “magic” interfaces
foldable e-paper, tablets with built-in eye-
tracking, reading robots, projection systems...

27. Your turn to work.

28. Six groups.

29. Pick a stable form.
. Magazines . Novels
. Newspaper . Travel Guides
. Comics . Dictionaries
. Children’s books . Catalogues
. Essays . User manuals, ...

30. Pick one or more new
interfaces.

31. Invent the reading
experience.

32. Who. Where. When. How to start
the reading experience
Describe the reading experience,
gestures, navigation, interactivity, ...
The reading experience is interupted.
What happens ?
The reading experience starts again.
What happens ?
How does the reading experience end.

33. Respect this
structure.
But try to feed
as much info as
possible inside it.

34. Gestures. Postures.
Interactivity.
Social exchanges.
but also ...
Distribution channels.
Revenue streams.
Business models.

35. One single
theme

36. The little red
riding hood

37. The little red riding hood
as a magazine on a smartphone
as a dictionnary with barcodes
as a newspaper on a TV Board
as a user manual on a flexible display

38. The little red
riding hood as
a children book
on iPad

39. A toolkit to help
you sketch the
reading
experience.

41. Only sixty
minutes to
prepare a six
minute show...

42. At Work !