tANGibLE | Freelance Data Visualization – Mirko Clemente
Description: Explore the interactive work of freelance designer Mirko Clemente who loves to create custom-tailored visualizations that make data comprehensible.

# tANGibLE

#

A transformable physical user interface

Year
2012–2013
Technology
Arduino, OSC, Unity
Collaborators
Mandy Keck, Martin Herrmann
Links
Werkstatt II Project
Presented at
Mensch & Computer 2013
Publications
Digital Library Mensch-Computer-Interaktion

tANGibLE is a conceptual tangible user interface that is based on composition and decomposition. It consists of two parts that can be stuck together in different ways. The resulting appearances or shapes act as signs and are linked to different functionalities. Besides manipulating digital information, the user interfaces also convey information through visual and tactile feedback by applying vibrations. We prototypically applied the concept to a virtual home automation system to control the home heating, the bathtub, and the alarm clock.

## Interaction

The box-shaped user interfaces allow a lot of shape variations that are fixed by magnets. Depending on the composition, tANGibLE changes its affordance and provides different clues as to the interaction. The shapes that are linked to the system could be individually configured and arranged according to an easy-to-remember set of interactions that intentionally avoids displays and searching in menus. tANGibLE could be especially useful for people with physical or visual limitations, but this was not investigated.

Your browser does not support the video tag.
Year
2012–2013
Technology
Arduino, OSC, Unity
Collaborators
Mandy Keck, Martin Herrmann
Links
Werkstatt II Project
Presented at
Mensch & Computer 2013
Publications
Digital Library Mensch-Computer-Interaktion