The team behind Betabook are looking to change the way we create and share visuals at the same time as reducing paper use among designers and visual thinkers.
What is beta book?
Betabook is a whiteboard tablet in the form of a book. That allows you to enjoy the creative freedom of a rewritable dry erase surface wherever you are.
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Check out their Kickstarter campaign for more details at betabook.co. At the time of writing the team were over 50% of the way to their target with 38 days remaining.
This week inventor of Betabook, Jay Cousins, posted a beautiful visual blog post to coincide with their Kickstarter campaign launching that I wanted to share with you.
It is great to see a company exploring the benefits of visual thinking by picking up a pen and drawing — what better way to show off the power of Betabook.
But more than that, the post hits at a problem I struggle with daily. I love paper, I love notebooks.
I love the feeling of pen on paper but I am always aware of the trail of waste paper behind me after every post I draw. This what was left in the wake of my most recent post on Medium.
For me personally, I know that Betabook will never fully replace pen and paper, just as my iPad hasn’t, but what a great tool to have in your visual thinking toolkit. When coupled with the Camscanner app it becomes a very powerful offering.Here’s the visual story behind the Kickstarter campaign:
