Google Maps Envelopes
By Ben on Tue Apr 6 2010
Google Maps Envelopes

Google Maps Envelopes

Google Maps Envelopes
Gear  |  Design
Google Envelopes by Industrial designers Rahul Mahtani & Yofred Moik.
"Rahul Mahtani and Yofred Moik have conceptualized the addition of a “Send Envelope” button that would enable users to quickly send a physical letter — rather than an e-mail — with spiffy Google Maps-esque packaging.

Once a person clicks the “Send Envelope” button, Google would print and deliver an e-mail via the United States Postal Service for a small fee. The return address label is in a bubble at their start of a route traced on the map envelope, while the destination is in the address bubble at the end of the route. Between the two is the route that the letter takes to get there."

Via mymodernmet, yanko
  
#1 Post by Evan, on Tue Apr 6 2010 1:42 PM
So what happens if the sender lives to the east of the receiver? The map appears upside down on the envelope?
#2 Post by Mike, on Tue Apr 6 2010 2:52 PM
Dumb. Just plain dumb. God forbid you should get off your lazy ass and mail a postcard.
#3 Post by Sticky, on Tue Apr 6 2010 2:58 PM
What a pointless waste of ink!
#4 Post by Thomas, on Tue Apr 6 2010 4:57 PM
I like the idea. I'm too lazy to go buy an envelope and a stamp and some paper (who uses paper anymore?) and my Grandma is too lazy to get a computer.
problem solved.
#5 Post by bickleton, on Tue Apr 6 2010 9:12 PM
i like it, too.  it's fun and a nice way for technology to reach back toward the past.
#6 Post by lor, on Wed Apr 7 2010 4:41 PM
I luv this!
#7 Post by mozaa, on Thu Apr 15 2010 1:19 AM
save paper please :)
#8 Post by Christian, on Fri Apr 23 2010 9:40 AM
I think this is a really fun idea. I do plenty of e-mailing and plenty of postal correspondence. The map on the face of the envelope is a brilliant and attractive touch, iterating the distance involved. It's as much a souvenir as would be collector's stamps. The rancor of "Mike" and "Sticky" is incomprehensible.
#9 Post by Ben, on Wed Apr 28 2010 12:59 AM
Evan makes a very good point. Rancor on laziness or waste of paper and ink aside, it is, at best, a very limited novelty. What does happen if the person lives east of you? Or directly north or south for that matter? USPS guidelines are very restrictive about placement of information. Especially when it comes to printing on envelopes. In the end, fun idea. Not very practical.
#10 Post by james, on Sun Apr 29 2012 9:37 AM
Is this a real thing?
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