Just on the bus the other day was going through all the possible designs for my Gen X businessman... I want to come up with something that integrates technology that's on the horizon with a touch of design to something that has been neglected in development over the past few decades.
Flexible OLED displays in the future will become a part of our everyday lives (literally) with nanotechnological attachments to textiles... or even contact lens that will substitute the need for screen displays!
The Din-ink is a rather interesting combination of cutlery with stationery - I mean although it's appearance is rather un-designer-ly, but I am sure a work-o-holic like my clientele would be sitting in front of his PC with pens and notepads while trying to fulfill his biological needs. ***************
Then I thought of business cards - one of the most essential inter-industrial tool that symbolizes the company's brand equity to its clients and associates. I realized that nowadays white-collars still carry hard-copy (i.e. paper) BC's - with such a tech-savvy world of today - I believe there exists some innovative thinking possibilities - more than just electronic Outlook attachment at the end of every email; BC's should be efficient in portability, effective in delivery, and flexible in multi-functionality.
Hence I have researched on some existing electronic BC ideas:
This concept by Hideaki Matsui is an Information Ring that will exchange electronic business data when in close proximity – such as during a handshake – and stored within; the downfall is that it prerequires the other person to also be wearing an Information Ring.
Another concept I found at NewLaunch.com still has the BC in its primitive form, with a memory card laminated at the back which can be snapped to a USB adopter, allowing data such as company info or portfolio to be stored inside and given to others - provided that there's a computer around. Another design flaw is the fact that the USB and the card are two separate objects which may end up in lost property.
Here is just an example I came across - it's actually an mp3 player with a USB embedded, in the size of an approximate BC. Its flat dimensions looks rather sleek and will fit nicely in the chest pocket of a business shirt.
This is a good starting point where I have ideas such as making the BC flexible, or can be attached to the belt buckles, or whatever.
p.s. I have forgotten where I got this image from so whoever designed it I apologize >< !!
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"A method of transferring business card information from a first user to a second user includes the steps of providing said first and second users with an electronic business card device, storing data similar to that stored on a business card in a memory in each of the electronic business cards, selectively displaying at least some of the stored business card data on a visual display screen, and selectively transferring the stored business card data of at least the first user to the electronic business card of the other user for storage and selective retrieval."
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