There are a lot of iPad cases floating around there…probably many more than the quota of iPad’s purchased thus far. From glossy print and plastic covers, to felt (everywhere!), there’s something for everyone. Here at Design Milk, we thought we’d review the iPad-as-book trend that’s been popping up. Most emulate the classic hardcover notebook, but some take a distinctly different approach, channeling vintage design or offering DIY projects that may not stand the test of time, but will likely stand out in a crowd. Here are eight great iPad cases with a book bent…
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I have a Kindle
and I love it. I have a Moleskine notebook and I love it. If only I could put my Kindle in a Moleskine…now I can! Moleskine sent me their brand new Moleskine Kindle reporter-style notebook and cover
to test drive (the Kindle pictured is my own device). As soon as I opened the package, it felt like I was unwrapping any other Moleskine notebook. If you have never owned a Moleskine, I suggest you go straight to your local Barnes and Noble immediately.
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LightBooks are exactly as they are called — a series of book-shaped lights inspired by traditional book-binding methods. Designed by Racheli C. Sharfstein for Studio OOGA, the light exposure changes depending on where and how you place your book. You can also choose the book cover — veneer, cork or PVC.
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Ivanka Beton is a Hungarian concrete artist and designer whose Hübler Applied Literature project struck a chord. Hübler Applied Literature is a collaboration between the designer and fine artist János Hübler. The series will be exhibited at Hidden Heroes 2010 this week in Milan, as an homage to Oscar Niemeyer and his most famous creation, Brasilia, city of concrete.
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Designer Francesco Polare has designed a book holder using in the style of an old clamp.
Rizzoli sent me a copy of Knoll: A Modernist Universe
by Brian Lutz (foreword by Reed Kroloff) in the mail. It is enormous and quite beautiful. I’d been anticipating getting a copy for a few months now and was psyched when it arrived with a loud thud on my doorstep. What a great coffee table book. Sorry for my horrible photos, but the lighting and my camera were not cooperating with me today.
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Phaidon has released a brand new app of their Design Classics designed specially for the iPad. Phaidon’s famous three-volumn Design Classics set contains the history of products that were designed from the beginning of the Industrial Revolution up until today.
This new app takes advantage of the iPad’s multi-touch screen and includes archival photographs, sketches, and much more in a beautifully designed environment. It’s nice that now you can have all that design history on-the-go at the touch of your fingertips without carting around those heavy 3000-page books!
From the website:
The application offers, at the touch of a finger, access to an encyclopedic, illustrated history of 1,000 timeless design classics by not only renowned designers, such as Marcel Breuer, Achille Castiglioni, Le Corbusier, Jasper Morrison, Dieter Rams, Eero Saarinen, and Philippe Starck but also anonymously designed pieces, such as the clothes peg, the corkscrew, and the chopstick, that have stood the test of time.
I’m guessing that this case by Long Live Books is one of many more iPad cases to come. The case’s outer part is a handmade hard cover book jacket and inside is a sleeve for the digital device. It offers a nice disguise for the iPad that can be placed on a bookshelf with the rest of your books.
A.R.T. has launched the first fully-customizable and co-creative modular art collection called ModulA.R.T, with scalable contemporary geometric art modules that can be pieced together in an infinite number of ways. It is designed by artist and architect Donald Rattner and includes 3 lines: Wall A.R.T., Mural A.R.T., and Shelf A.R.T. They just launched their website and you can check out their pop-up shop if you’re in the DUMBO NYC area over the next month.
Wall A.R.T. consist of a series of atomic modular sculptures that can be assembled in many different configurations to create a beautiful wall design.
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A simple cover for your moleskine — use and reuse it each time you get a new one. Nice gift idea. I want a white one.
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