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How do you take something really simple, and make it better not by adding more, but by stripping it down? It’s a question reMarkable’s VP of user experience, Brynjar Barkarson, and VP of visual design, Didrik Rasmussen, often consider. For them, improving reMarkable’s user experience is about finding the right balance between modern functionality and simplicity. Paper is simple and doesn’t distract, which is why it’s their strongest UX design influence. But Barkarson and Rasmussen need to balance that simplicity with modern functionality to unlock paper’s full potential. According to Barkarson, this blend of the simple and the modern places the paper tablet squarely in its own category: “reMarkable doesn’t distract you, and in that sense it’s a unique tech device. So we need to develop our own paradigm when it comes to our user experience.” “We’re always trying to look at our user interface with new eyes,” says Barkarson. “ We’re thinking about how we can focus more on user content,

Inside reMarkable The reMarkable experience Balancing the simplicity of paper with a high-tech tablet is no mean feat. This is how we do it. Aug 12, 2020 5 min read How do you take something really simple, and make it better not by adding more, but by stripping it down? It’s a question reMarkable’s VP of user experience, Brynjar Barkarson, and VP of visual design, Didrik Rasmussen, often consider. For them, improving reMarkable’s user experience is about finding the right balance between modern functionality and simplicity. Paper is simple and doesn’t distract, which is why it’s their stronges

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