paperphone (2023) Design da Benna G. Maris

paperphone, 2023
Procedure Art, cut and paste worksheets, 25 digital files
Unlimited edition

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Create your own paper smartphone. Usable!

PROCEDURE
1. Download the blueprint, the menus and application sheets files you need.
2. Print them. Optionally customise before printing.
3. Cut and paste the paperphone and finally cut and load the applications sheets.

«Believe it or not, I never owned a cell phone, let alone a “smart” one, and really would never live with them. So, as an outside observer, I have seen how society changed, for the worse, how humans became totally subject to that device and developed weird behaviours. Would people ever like to detoxify from that all-embracing tool, they could try this transitional substitute, trying to feel again the taste of a life without mobiles and smartphones.»


Paperphone version 1.0 (2023)

Paperphone just requires a pencil (not included) and optionally a rubber to work, or permanent ink for archival purposes. It does not need batteries or power cords, nor connection cables or radio-waves, nor service providers or contracts to function.

SPECIFICATIONS
Brand: Benna Gaean Maris
Technology: Procedure Art
Ink on paper
Graphite
Rubber
Processor: Thought
OS: Conscience
Measures: 8 × 16 cm
12 to 18 mm thick
Weight: 12 gr (unloaded)
65 gr (standard load)
108 gr (maximum load)
Screen: 6.26” (6.5 × ±14.5 cm)
13:29 aspect ratio
Resolution: Infinite (analogue)
Memory: Infinite (mind-mediated)
Storage: 45-68 pp. 120gsm paper
90-135 pp. 70gsm paper
200-350 pp. tissue paper
Camera: Sharpness Boost Pinhole
Sound: Voice + Ears
Colours: Limitless (customise and print the way you like)

Standard application sheets (version 1.0)
Profile Manager, Clock, Calendar, Organiser, Address Book, Call, Wallet, Digital Wallet, Finger Secure, Pay Pals, Message, Write, Socialnetwork, Word Processor, Send Mail, Translate, Pictures, Scanner, Video Player, App Store, News, Search, Notebook, Calculator, Settings, Trashcan, Help, Flashlight / Torch, Charts, Counters, Measure, Info, Games: Battleship, Cadavre Exquis, Golf, Solitaire, Tic-Tac-Toe, Game Store

Strong points
• Open source: Benna Gaean Maris will never spy on your activities
• Lightweight: 12 grams, and load it with just what you really need
• Safe storage: no data losses until you intentionally erase them
• Easy archiving: just put the full sheets in a safe place
• Fully customisable: both device and applications can be coloured and modified
• Flexible: anyone can implement new applications
• Clean, sustainable, recyclable: no emissions, no radiations, no batteries, no plastic, no pollutants
• Detoxifying: both from EMF and psychologically
• Funny: make people smile (at first) and find new real friends
• Cheap: you can build as many as you need, one for any use, style or mood

Weak points
• Not waterproof: avoid moisture (but everyone wish to stay home when it rains)
• Not fireproof: avoid flames (unless you want to destroy sensible data or use it as a torch)
• Fragile: easy to crumple (but easy to rebuild and data are never lost anyway)
• Construction requires a printer or printing service (but you could draw it by hand in case)
• Pencil and rubber not included (but store mini-sized tools inside the paperphone)
• Not a pricey brand with which one may flaunt wealth (but you can say you paid the artist much)

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