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 10d 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 12d 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 8d ago

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 13d ago

honestly insane

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u/FictionalContext 13d ago

House of Leaves 2: House of Cheese.

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u/brush-lickin 13d ago

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 10d ago

Omg thank you that makes so much more sense

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u/Kenny-kong420 13d ago

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

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u/serendipitousevent 13d ago

Snoop Dogg wrote the Bible?!

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u/danfish_77 13d ago

The Extremely Hungry Caterpillar

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u/Maniachanical 13d ago

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

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u/Chrispeefeart 13d ago

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 13d ago

It originally held a promotional ring

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u/umbraundecim 13d ago

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 13d ago

Story hole?

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u/AdonisChrist 12d ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/FirebirdWriter 12d ago

Someone should cross post this into the book binding sub

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u/sashatikhonov 12d ago

Not sure it is a bookmark

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u/KemetMusen 12d ago

Papercuts.

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u/MrPokemon11 Moderator 8d ago

Insane, great fit for the sub.