Abstract

Electronic "paper", so-called e-paper, has been pursued as a vision by various company consortia for some time now. If this technological innovation reaches market maturity in the future, which is expected in three to five years, the technological basis of the newspaper, magazine and possibly also the book market could be subject to considerable change in the long term. The following case study examines how electronic paper could change media use, the extent to which it offers opportunities for sustainable product use in the media sector, which factors specifically influence the ecological profile and which design tasks arise in the run-up to market launch. It is part of the "E-nnovation" project funded by the BMBF.

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