MINDS design assets and experiments

ꝏ MINDS logo, work in progress 07, interactive effects mock-up 01

infinitely interactive logo?

ꝏ MINDS logo, work in progress 06

hone (n.) Old English han "a stone, rock, (boundary) stone," from Proto-Germanic *haino (source also of Old Norse hein "hone"), from PIE *ko- "to sharpen, whet." The specific sense "whetstone, stone used for sharpening tools that require a delicate edge" emerged in Middle English...See more

ꝏ MINDS logo, work in progress 03

fiddling with the form honing in on the thing corneas get sore hardcore digital whittling @ottman #mindsdesign

ꝏ MINDS logo, work in progress 02

the letters are forming, how does this direction feel? @ottman

ꝏ MINDS logo, work in progress 01

rough draft of a simplified logo animation where letters pop in and out to a slower, gentler infinity flow. hows the rhythm? @ottman @michaelfbradley heart rate?

infinitly inspired

ꝏ loading wheel idea 04

the folder on my computer containing these gif exports is called "infinite minds experiments" ... daunting.

ꝏ loading wheel idea 03

the blob captures attention from the left, growing larger and moving upward for a moment, then brings it into a steady infinite loop, from the left to right on a diagonal swoop... in my current state, this feels intuitively in tune with the current MiNDS interface. hover your cursor over the minds logo on the top left of your web page to switch the whole interface to dark mode, where this GIF feels at home... #mindsdesign

ꝏ loading wheel idea 02

oOMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... ahhhhahahh. #mindsanimation