Challenge

NBD|Biblion is the largest supplier of products and services for Dutch libraries. In their years of experience, they have gathered and produced loads of information about all media available in their clients libraries. This valuable information was mainly accessible in the libraries itself. But libraries are not being visited as often as they used to be. How can NBD|Bilbion make better use of all their book reviews, writer profiles, etc.?

Solution

The answer to this question was simple: make all information accessible online, so people can access it 24/7.

Granting access to a database by creating an ordinary web interface could do the job. But this would not realize our higher goal; to get more people reading (real books).

Therefore we have created an online community where people can create their own reading profile, meet people with similar interests and most important: get surprised with books and writers they’ve never heard of (but are of interest to them). Watch the promo video for more information about what ‘deBoekensalon’ is about and how it works (it’s in Dutch, sorry):

And to see the real deal: www.deboekensalon.nl

My role in this project was creating an innovative and/yet intuitive interface. I’ve created an interaction design document, teamed up with the art director and designer and was primary contact for our partner producing the platform.