Digital screens are now as thin as paper, as we often wished for and ultimately expected. These paper-thin displays are referred to as AMOLED and are currently used in some mobile devices and televisions. In my session I will examine the brief history of flexible screens, discuss their current use in the context of a phenomenon called Device Disappearance and explore new uses, interfaces and possible design patterns for this technology in the near future.
Brandon's talk will cover...
• Recognizing device dependence
• Being constrained by our current concept of devices
• Questioning connectivity
• Having new goals for flexible and foldable technology
16. Digital screens are now paper, like we've always wanted
Weight reduction (63 grams)
Rugged (floats rather than falls)
Touch enabled
Hand can rest on the screen
3 week battery life
Cheap to produce
Summary
18. All of this…
Investment vs. Adoption
Supply of indium-tin-oxide
South Korea investment (2009 / 2010)
Real AMOLED = OLED + Graphene
Consumer readiness
27. Future design challenges
Design on metal and metallic surfaces
Design for wide wide screen
Design for continuous screen
Design for tiny screen
Design for transparency
29. “It is part of the age-old
habit of using new means
for old purposes instead of
discovering what are the
new goals contained in the
new means.”
From Cliché to Archetype (1970)
58. I M M E D I A T E F U T U R E
We will see paper thin screens
Stuff is gonna get in the way
We must design for all of it
We should visualize a future
60. B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
Promote Connectedness
62. B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
Promote Connectedness
Create Time
63. “[what if] the performer
plays a song specially for
video taking in the
beginning featuring
photo/video friendly light
effects, and for the rest of
the show there is a
photo/video restriction in
place?”
From FastCompany.Design (2014)
64. B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
Promote Connectedness
Create Time
Close Literacy Gaps
66. B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
Promote Connectedness
Create Time
Close Literacy Gaps
Achieve Ubiquity
67. “We used to have separate
categories of device:
washing machines, VCRs,
phones, cars, but now we
just have computers in
different cases.”
From The Coming Civil War over General Purpose Computing
68. B U I L D I N G B L O C K S
Promote Connectedness
Create Time
Close Literacy Gaps
Achieve Ubiquity