An email inbox given a typographic makeover
Design company 1910 Design & Communication, who previously came up with a redesign of Wikipedia, has given the email inbox a typographic makeover.
The firm believes readability is the key to managing email effectively and describes their approach to the project ‘A Typographic Approach To Email’: “We believe that email is about two things. Reading and writing. And that focusing on these two is what would truly move email to where it deserves to be.”
1910’s concept envisions an email body akin to a regular printed textbook designed to hold 12 words per line, and adds elements like navigation windows, reply, delete and compose buttons, and sender and date fields to it in a way that doesn’t distract from the readability of the content. Similarly, the email composition process avoids boxes and input fields to allow the user to focus on the words being typed.
View some pictures of the redesign and check out the project here. What do you think of this email concept?
Example of a current email inbox
1901’s concept comprising an email body that holds 12 words per line and includes a navigation window, buttons and fields arranged such that they don’t distract the user from typing
The email composition view which does away with boxes and input fields, placing focus on the words being typed
[via Fast Company, images via 1910]