The future of flexible displays lies in Laptops… The ‘Flexbook’ concept shows why. - Yanko Design

Daehnert's Flexbook concept appeared on my Instagram feed all of a sudden ane fine morning, and I'll admit, I paused to completely take information technology in. I didn't simply similar the design, I loved it, because information technology felt almost like a eureka moment for me, considering we've been struggling with finding a good utilize for flexible displays. Companies have tried them out in smartphones and failed miserably… merely the Flexbook provides a refreshingly dissimilar use-example for the flexible display; and more than importantly, it makes sense.

The Flexbook is like a laptop met a sandwich. Dissimilar most laptops, which have a ii-office design connected via a hinge, the Flexbook has three parts. A master trunk, comprising your motherboard, electronics, ports, and keyboard… and effectually it, a two-part flexible screen that sandwiches the keyboard in the center. The Flexbook tin be traditionally used as a laptop with a three:2 12.6-inch display, simply by opening it and using ane half of the screen, or as a massive Wacom Cintiq-mode tablet PC with a neat 4:iii 17.8-inch touchscreen. This interchangeability is what makes the Flexbook such a unique laptop, considering it tin can alternate betwixt being a laptop and a tablet, much like the Microsoft Surface, but with the advantage of a massive 17.viii inch screen in the class gene of a 13 inch laptop.

Another win for the Flexbook is in the way Daehnert cleverly designed it. With an inwards folding screen, similar the Samsung Galaxy Fold, the Flexbook tends to leave a gap in its center, so every bit to protect the screen from breaking. That gap is reinforced by the Flexbook's keyboard, which helps requite the screen something to fold around, preventing information technology from creasing or damaging with overuse. Designed to look less every bit a limitation and more of a pattern feature, the Flexbook's flexible display has a unique style of wrapping around the keyboard. Information technology even packs a Microsoft Surface Pro-style hinge to open and shut at any desired angle.

Daehnert's Flexbook may be a concept, but it does illustrate an interesting possibility for laptops. Armed with a stylus, USB-C ports on both sides, and four speaker units arranged around the bezel of the screen, Daehnert's Flexbook is a render I secretly wish was a leaked epitome. My simply concern is the slight offset when you fold the keyboard backwards and effort to rest the Flexbook on a flat surface similar a table… simply other than that, this might be just the all-time place to fit a flexible display. If anything, it should terminal longer too, considering the boilerplate person opens their laptop less than x times a day, but looks at their smartphone more than fourscore times a solar day. I should know… I'm that person.

Designer: Jonas Daehnert