Wednesday 3 February 2010

HOTBOOK

The HOTBOOK is an exciting digital literature project for 11 to 14 year olds.

It makes a nice change to be designing a system in a colour scheme other than grey, blue and white which seems to have become a standard of the noughties. What is the future going to look like? The HOTBOOK went through almost as many clothes changes as Doctor Who before the if:book team finally settled on the fantastic outfit it is currently sporting. Take a look at the Bookfutures blog for a preview.

The stick-on buttons were as difficult to manipulate as the cheap alternative to sellotape I still forget not to buy at Christmas, but the result is quirky, especially when they do a spooky disappearing act leaving odd bits of sticky tape behind.

Thanks must go to Queensbridge School in Birmingham for helping me test the system and I look forward to testing it in other schools in the next two weeks. To register interest go to the if:book website.


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