Nice Fit Interactive Table

Nice Fit Interactive Table

What is Nice Fit?

Nice Fit is an interaction design theory that explores how objects fit together in subtly satisfying ways. This fit framework can be applied to new and existing objects in incidental ways to make them more usable and enjoyable. The Nice Fit table is an example of this: the user experience is enhanced, as the table responds to objects by providing a place for them to fit.


Nice Fit Interactive Table

Nice Fit Interactive Table

Nice Fit refers to objects that:

  1. Are out of place and are then moved into place;
  2. Have an element of confirmation: ex. sound, light, pressure;
  3. Perform a use incidental to their primary use;
  4. Do not interfere with their primary use;
  5. Use simple, physical interaction;
  6. Have a "tipping point";
  7. Have a repeatable action.
  8. Have a resting, incomplete, and active state.

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History Tablecloth

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Rachel Wingfield designed the print work for the large scale dot-matrix display of the History Tablecloth as part of the Equator Project with the Royal College of Art’s Interaction Design Research Department. The Tablecloth is made using electroluminescent inks printed onto a flexible substrate.

Via loop.pH via Dana.

January 20, 2009

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