Rotational Decider Placards
Here are new and improved placards for the rotational decider.
Seeking Advice: Tells if you should or should not do something.
Yes and No: Answers the question.
Numeric Solutions 1-50. For random number generation.
Instant Destination: Gives you a unique unexpected place to go, based on your current location.
Blank: allows the user to create their own custom placard.
March 13, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I like the second one a lot. The others feel somewhat plain and lack any contrast. I think the presence of a shape or figure in the second is making it more striking, but it also has a feeling of balance that the others don’t possess. I think you should try adding some thicker lines or blocks of text to fill in some of the empty space and provide some contrasting to the similar-sized lines.
Also, the way the text runs out from center on some and breaks the circle around it, is very odd to me, I can’t tell if I like it or not. It kind of looks purposeful but it also feels very strange and last minute.
March 14, 2010 at 12:42 am
I think these are looking good. I might agree with grant that they need some kind of line contrast, but I think this mono-thickness thing might work too. I think seeing these when they’re actually on the machine will make a big difference.
The instant destination thing reminds me of brian eno’s “oblique strategies” box, which PBS recently told me about/lent me (I could probably hand it off to you for a while) Funny thing is, you could probably put Decision Laboratory on it without changing a thing, and it would work perfectly: http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/oblique_box.gif