Small World e-Reader
A Better World Through Sharing
This project was developed, designed, and produced in collaboration with fellow Art Center students Hye Mi Kim, Yoo Kyoung Noh, and Sharon Levy.
Small world_Flash prototype from Yoo Kyoung Noh on Vimeo.
We started with the fact that roughly 2 out of 3 internet users aged 20-30 engage in social networking. However, the vast majority of networking does not involve the sharing of interests and knowledge through the conduits of news, blogs and other varied web content. Our e-reader centers around the idea that the power of networking can serve to filter, broaden, and improve the quality and variety of content.
Small World 10.26.09 from Hye Mi Kim on Vimeo.
Our e-reader has developed a system of layered relationships between the user and the content, resulting in a platform that provides a good mix of both user-controlled and open-ended content. Visually, the reader is divided into two sections, a personal section (entitled My World) and a community section (called Shared World). Together, they provide the opportunity for the user to oversee their own content preferences while also having the benefit of being exposed to new content from the members in their communities with interests adjacent to their own.
For more detail on this e-reader, you can find our project website here.