The Inkolor Frame Puts a New Spin on Full-Color ePaper Smart Displays
Art-focused collective Reeveel has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a battery-powered, offline-first smart display based on E Ink's ePaper technology: the Inkolor Frame — named for its magnetic hot-swappable frames and mats.
"We’re three founders who love art, photography, and meaningful images. Yet most of them stay locked in phones and feeds," explains Reeveel co-founder and chief executive officer Solal Vallee. "Digital frames never felt right. Too bright, too screen-like. So we asked ourselves: what if a digital frame felt more like paper? [Inkolor] looks like paper. No blue light. No backlight. No glare. Where a screen shits, Inkolor reflects. In the morning your image is soft. In the evening, nothing glows."
The idea of using electrophoretic ePaper technology for displaying artwork isn't new, though has enjoyed something of a boost in recent years when industry pioneer E Ink and its rivals introduced ePaper displays capable of reproducing color. Reeveel,...
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