With this visual exercise, I tried to imagine a different kind of browsing experience, where documents (images, movie, audio, text) would behave more organically, perhaps like fish. As such, they would “school” or group and travel together, based on similarities in content.
To search, the user creates “pools” of focus by tapping the screen. Upon entering a search query, related documents would be drawn into the pool. Multiple focus pools can be created on the screen at any given time, with the possibility to combine pools into larger collections.
To search, the user creates “pools” of focus by tapping the screen. Upon entering a search query, related documents would be drawn into the pool. Multiple focus pools can be created on the screen at any given time, with the possibility to combine pools into larger collections.