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Amazing kinetic sculptures
I'm totally inspired by this intricate kinetic sculpture made from paper. The artist is Hakuri Nakamura and he has done other similar sculptures as well: http://www.geocities.jp/kamikara1967/paperart.htm
Was also pointed to work by Arthur Gansen: http://www.arthurganson.com/pages/Sculptures.html
He makes some really beautiful pieces of art. He posted most of his work on youtube and explains the art and sometimes his vision or inspiration in the video's info section. Both of these videos happen to be about chairs...from a delicate chair that walks in circles to a full-size chair that dances.
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Adaptable Interfaces
http://www.cs.washington.edu/ai/supple/
I don't know too much about this specific project - it seems that it changes the navigation and the location of controls, etc. based on the user's device and their adeptness with a mouse and keyboard. It apparently increased their efficiency by quite a bit in their user studies.
I don't know too much about this specific project - it seems that it changes the navigation and the location of controls, etc. based on the user's device and their adeptness with a mouse and keyboard. It apparently increased their efficiency by quite a bit in their user studies.
I think in general this is an interesting way to solve the problem that designers often struggle with when figuring out how to cater to both the novice and the expert. Would definitely be cool to have a system that adapted as your skill level changed rather than just hiding "advanced" controls and assuming that experts will find them. I'm sure there have been research projects on this topic...would love to hear about them and see where they end up.
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