paperphone, 2023
Procedure Art, cut and paste worksheets, 25 digital files, unlimited edition
Create your own paper smartphone. Usable!
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)
