Showcase · Topics 01–10

The curriculum, read.

Each topic of design history becomes an immersive essay that teaches its principle by showing you the evidence. Ten essays, each with its own cinematic identity and hands-on interactions.

live 01 · immersive essay

Less, but better.

Rams’s Braun T3 → iPod → Linear. Strip a 1955 console radio down to the T3, and flip the ET66 calculator into the iPhone.

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live 02 · immersive essay

The Grid Is the Truth.

Bauhaus Dessau → repeat(12, 1fr). Snap a designed-by-eye page onto the rails and reflow a card layout across 4/8/12 columns.

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live 03 · immersive essay

Helvetica Is a Weapon.

Müller-Brockmann’s 1958 Musica Viva poster → the blueprint grid. A live type-scale explorer and Ruder’s line-length test.

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live 04 · immersive essay

Of the Hill, Not On It.

Fallingwater’s compression-and-release entry → progressive disclosure. Walk Wright’s sequence, then layer a 40-setting page yourself.

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live 05 · immersive essay

Speed Made Solid.

Loewy’s S-1 locomotive → the pill button. Turn the corner-radius dial from machine to capsule and learn the nested-radius formula.

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live 06 · immersive essay

Built to Fit the Body.

The Eames Lounge’s flexing shells → thumb zones. Reveal the reach map, misplace the buy button, and take the Fitts’s Law tap test.

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live 07 · immersive essay

The Handle Tells the Hand.

Norman’s lying hotel door → click triggers. Push the door yourself, then interrogate six UI suspects for false affordances.

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live 08 · immersive essay

Good Taste Is a Cage.

Sottsass’s Carlton bookcase → expressive UI. Flip a promo card between beige and Memphis, then spend the delight budget like Kahneman.

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live 09 · immersive essay

There Are 360 Degrees.

Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center → the continuous canvas. Shear a layout through three geometries and pan a camera-based page.

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live 10 · immersive essay

The Beauty of the Crack.

Rikyū’s raku bowl → textured portfolios. Crack it, mend it in gold, and turn the ma dial until the page starts breathing.

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