Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków by William Volcoff and Yawei Zhang

Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków by William Volcoff and Yawei Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award in Elektronika Użytkowa Competition Category.

BrązowaElektronika Użytkowa· 2023

Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków

by William Volcoff and Yawei Zhang

Client: Dedao (Tianjin) Culture & Communication Co., Ltd.

Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award Winner in Elektronika Użytkowa Category

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The Design

About Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków

Dedao Focus7 to czytnik e-booków stworzony dla czytelników, którzy cenią sobie odczucia towarzyszące lekturze drukowanej książki. Rama wykonana jest ze stopu aluminium, kształtowanego metodą obróbki CNC, a anodowana powierzchnia jest odporna na poślizg, ścieranie i korozję. Kształt nawiązuje do zagiętej strony – gestu dobrze znanego z zaznaczania miejsca w lekturze. 7-calowy ekran E Ink wyposażono w antyrefleksyjne szkło oraz powłokę zapobiegającą odciskom palców. Waga 210 gramów zbliżona jest do wagi kieszonkowej książki, a zrównoważona konstrukcja zmniejsza obciążenie nadgarstka. Opakowanie jest wolne od farb drukarskich i plastiku, wykonane z ulegającej biodegradacji masy celulozowej.

The Recognition

About the Brązowa Nagroda A' Design Award

Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków to laureat Brązowej Nagrody A' Design Award, wysoce prestiżowego wyróżnienia przyznawanego znakomitym projektom wyróżniającym się kreatywnością, pomysłowością i przenikliwością. Laureaci Brązowej Nagrody to w pełni utalentowane i uderzająco twórcze artefakty, które poświadczają ogromne doświadczenie, wyobraźnię i zaradność ich twórców. Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków ma być wysoko cenionym, podziwianym i drogim sercu przedmiotem, który jest wyjątkowo profesjonalny i innowacyjny. Ten projekt nagrodzony Brązową Nagrodą A' Design Award łączy najlepsze praktyki w sztuce, nauce, designie i technologii oraz jest doskonały dzięki dbałości o szczegóły. Dedao Focus7 Czytnik e-booków znakomicie zaspokaja potrzeby, porusza pragnienia, czaruje uczucia i przemawia do ciekawości.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Focus 7 eReader aims at book enthusiasts seeking meaningful aesthetics in their products.
Focus 7 eReader reconnects you with the pleasure of holding a paper book. Subtle elements in the design symbolize this connection and leverage the overall reading experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: Screen: E Ink with 300 ppi / Antigloss TP glass top + anti finger print coating,
Specs: USB Type-C / Quad Cortex-A55 at 1.8GHz / Android 11 / 2GB RAM + 64GB ROM
eReader Weight: 210 grams
eReader size: 159*140.7*10 mm
Packaging size: 16.5 x 18.5 x 3 cm
10 weeks battery on sleeping mode.
3.5 days battery on full use.
2 weeks battery with 1h use per day.
Tags: ereader, tablet, book, eInk, CNC, aluminium,
Production Technology: The whole frame is made of aluminium alloy using CNC processing. The anodized surface is anti-slippery, wear and corrosion resistant. The fully integrated structure places the centre of gravity inclined to the hand-held side, greatly reducing the wrist pain of long-term use.
The 7-inch screen -mimicking pocket-book size- is ideal for students, office workers and regular readers. It boasts a double coating to prevent fingerprint residue and reduce environmental reflection. The ultra-thin glass backboard is anti-slippery, durable and provides similar tactile feedback as paper.
The entire ink-free and plastic-free packaging is made of degradable pulp grouting process. It is environmentally friendly, and degradable. The eReader weighs like a pocket book (210grm) to enhance further the reading experience.
Design Challenge: Our key creative challenge was to differentiate our design without losing on the ergonomics. eReader are usually very sleek and minimalist in their design language. We didn't want to add decorative elements yet we wanted to add elements to visually connect to the universe of books. Traditional books have a tactile sensuality when flipping through pages, these lines created by each pages are our common memories framing the entire reading experience. We kept these lines to give extra tactile feedback to Dedao readers.
Research: Our research process was rather traditional and down-to-earth to match our client's basic understanding of design. Pushing too much innovation would have scared off their marketing team and alienated their engineers against our design intentions. We worked closely with their production team to solve any potential production issues.
The Covid19 situation in China didn't really help us to meet face-to-face and set-up well organized interviews with group users. We had to change plans due to the massive lock down in Shanghai. We organized online questionnaires through Dedao massive online network to target 3 millions of their users and get some key insights regarding daily usage, key issues with current tablets and key advantages of competitors. To get useful insights, we decided to reach out to people using e-reader from competitors as well as users of Dedao tablets. It was very obvious to see the differences between users and where their needs matched.
Inspiration: Folding a page or the whole book is one of the most usual gesture we do while pausing our reading. The shape of a folding book represents this on-going process put on hold. It is also an invitation to restart the reading, a visual trigger to bring us back to a different world.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 in Shanghai and finished in April 2021 in Shenzhen after final confirmation with all production sites and suppliers. The eReader is going to be launch this October 2022 in China during Dedao annual conference and will be available from November 2022.
Operation Flow: On/Off button to start. Full touch screen to navigate the various menus and settings. Screen back light could be changed to adjust night reading situation.
Patents: Patent Pending. Patent No 202230506231.5. Dedao (Tianjin) Culture & Education Co., Ltd.
Team Members: William Volcoff, Yawei Zhang, Shuangtian Lu, Bastien Henry, Yiming Zhou, Xiaosong Wu, Xilun Cao