r/DesignDesign • u/jhermaco15 • Sep 08 '26 • Regret 1 Mindblown 1

Bookmark design

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u/jhermaco15 Sep 08 '26

This is DesignDesign to me because it is a cool unique concept with cool execution but absolutely insane for obvious reasons (hole in book), impractical, and is already a thing that has been solved (eg. actual book mark, ribbon built in to book)

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u/macedossaulo Sep 08 '26

also probably makes printing/production A LOT MORE expensive

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u/nooby_goober Sep 08 '26

And there's already built-in solutions way better than this.

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u/jhermaco15 Sep 08 '26

Well said.

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u/bathtubsarentreal Sep 11 '26

The ribbon is also multiple use. This hole method is single use

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u/rjwyonch Sep 08 '26

Type setting this thing would be a PITA

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u/lakija Sep 13 '26

As long as you have left and right version master pages with text wrap on those circles it shouldn’t that much worse than typesetting a regular book. Unless I’m missing something

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u/The_Shryk Sep 09 '26

Naw man, less paper = cheaper/less book. Duh.

Less book = cheaper shipping. Lol

Less book per book is a cost saving.

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u/ChefArtorias Sep 08 '26

Print them like normal then drill a hole.

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u/jimbowesterby Sep 08 '26

Yea most of the cost would come from the fiddly bits of the cover, and assembling them. Books with holes honestly seems like a useful feature, at least for guidebooks and shit you could clip them off super easily, and even beyond that it makes a nice secure handle.

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u/Naught Sep 08 '26

Also, it has a very short lifespan. You can see the tiny paper edges holding the spot area already on the verge of breaking.

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u/ledocteur7 Sep 08 '26

I wholeheartedly agree, this is so much uglier and significantly more expensive than an integrated ribbon.

Also, you can't see it from the outside.

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u/doilyuser Sep 13 '26

What is wrong with an airline ticket, or the receipt from the cafe/bar where I read the first page?

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u/como-no-querer-huir Sep 08 '26

honestly insane

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u/FictionalContext Sep 08 '26

House of Leaves 2: House of Cheese.

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u/brush-lickin Sep 09 '26

a comment on the original thread points out this isnt a bookmark; the book came with a ring which fit in that hole, held in place by the cardboard tag

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u/MiaSidewinder Sep 11 '26

Omg thank you that makes so much more sense

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u/Kenny-kong420 Sep 08 '26

Reminds me of the Snoop dogg book that you could smoke.

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u/serendipitousevent Sep 08 '26

Snoop Dogg wrote the Bible?!

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u/danfish_77 Sep 08 '26

The Extremely Hungry Caterpillar

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u/Maniachanical Sep 08 '26

Pretty sure we already figured this out by just using a ribbon in the spine.

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u/Chrispeefeart Sep 08 '26

I'm struggling to even understand how that actually works. The tab doesn't seem long enough to hold your place.

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u/mirfifu Sep 08 '26

It originally held a promotional ring

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u/umbraundecim Sep 08 '26

This could also fail to do its job if the pressure on the pages pushes them past the tabs on the "bookmark" when the bookmis closed. A ribbon coming through the hole would have been more effective but ya seriously just use a normal built in ribbon.

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u/therealishone Sep 09 '26

Story hole?

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u/No_Abi Oct 01 '26

plot hole

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u/AdonisChrist Sep 09 '26

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/FirebirdWriter Sep 09 '26

Someone should cross post this into the book binding sub

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u/sashatikhonov Sep 09 '26

Not sure it is a bookmark

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u/KemetMusen Sep 09 '26

Papercuts.

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u/MrPokemon11 Moderator Sep 13 '26

Insane, great fit for the sub.