J. K. Rowling’s hand-drawn spreadsheet for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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#writers #creative
How to Pick Out an Appropriate Necktie
Male Neckwear is a handy guide created by UK-based illustrator Stephen Wildish of Wildish&co
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Prototype Real / Digital Info Interface System
Using projection and gestures to create interactive relationship with information - video embedded below:
Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a next generation user interface which can accurately detect the users finger and what it is touching, creating an interactive touchscreen-like system, using objects in the real word.
“We think paper and many other objects could be manipulated by touching them, as with a touchscreen. This system doesn’t use any special hardware; it consists of just a device like an ordinary webcam, plus a commercial projector. Its capabilities are achieved by image processing technology.”
Using this technology, information can be imported from a document as data, by selecting the necessary parts with your finger.
More at DigInfo here
RELATED: This is very similar to a concept developed in 1991 called ‘The Digital Desk’ [link]
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8 Principles for Designing Gesture-Based Applications (via Omek Interactive) 
- Precision is a good thing… up to a point.
- Don’t model your application on existing user interfaces. Instead, build on the strengths of gesture and motion tracking technology.
- Avoid actions that require your users to lift their hand above the height of their shoulder.
- Do break up activities into small, short actions.
- Not all users are right-handed.
- Gestures have cultural connotations.
- Design your interface to keep users within the “Effective Interaction Zone”.
- Test your design with hands and people of all sizes.
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Twirl by Zaha Hadid Architects to Lea Ceramiche – Artemide lighting. (Fuorisalone 2011)
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