PhoneBook
Yuki Kishi (Japanese, born 1977) and
Saori Watanabe (Japanese, born 1969)
of Dentsu Inc. (Japan, est. 1901)
Shinya Kishiro (Japanese, born 1970)
of Robot Communications Inc. (Japan,
est. 1986)
2009
Laser-printed paper, urethane, and
Xcode, Flash, and Photoshop software
9 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 1 3/8" (24 x 16 x 3.5 cm)
Kodansha Ltd., Japan
Designers at Mobile Art Lab, a research
center that focuses on mobile-phone
content (part of Dentsu, a large Japanese
advertising agency), launched the
PhoneBook project with the aim of
finding new ways to connect parents
and children using the iPhone. This
hybrid of digital and analog technology—
a mobile application specifically designed
to interact with a story read in a physical
book (the version shown here is Work,
Work!)—has potential for all sorts of
interactions in the future, from educational
tools to commercial products.
Category: Objects
Tags: Communications / Liminal Spaces / Interactions / Mutants and Fairy Tales
