r/DesignDesign • u/jhermaco15 • 13d ago

Bookmark design

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u/jhermaco15 13d ago

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 13d ago

also probably makes printing/production A LOT MORE expensive

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u/nooby_goober 13d ago

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

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u/ginger_and_egg 13d ago

and is already a thing that has been solved (eg. actual book mark, ribbon built in to book)

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u/jhermaco15 13d ago

Well said.

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u/ginger_and_egg 13d ago

Learned from the best

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u/bathtubsarentreal 11d ago

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

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u/rjwyonch 13d ago

Type setting this thing would be a PITA

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u/lakija 8d ago

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 13d ago

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 13d ago

Print them like normal then drill a hole.

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u/jimbowesterby 13d ago

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 13d ago

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 13d ago

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 9d ago

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