2105: myFry*: a Visual Exploration of the Fry Chronicles Book (on the iPhone) - information aesthetics The entirety of the book is represented by a circular wheel of ‘spines’, each of which represents a section of text. The arcs around the outside of the wheel connect sections that are tagged with the same theme. By spinning the 112 self-contained sections around, viewing their opening words and following their tags, one can explore the book in a personalized, non-linear structure. Categories are distinguished by color: People, Subjects, Feelings and Fryisms. * Stephen Fry. More details and information on the designers on Information Aesthetics. This is absolutely beautiful.  I wish that more things like this would come about.  Yes, it’s not really as usable as a traditional table-of-contents style approach to book organization, but then again, is that always the point?  This is a stunning example of when the benefits of beauty and fun can sometimes outweigh pure usability.

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myFry*: a Visual Exploration of the Fry Chronicles Book (on the iPhone) - information aesthetics
The entirety of the book is represented by a circular wheel of ‘spines’, each of which represents a section of text. The arcs around the outside of the wheel connect sections that are tagged with the same theme. By spinning the 112 self-contained sections around, viewing their opening words and following their tags, one can explore the book in a personalized, non-linear structure. Categories are distinguished by color: People, Subjects, Feelings and Fryisms.

* Stephen Fry. More details and information on the designers on Information Aesthetics.

This is absolutely beautiful.  I wish that more things like this would come about.  Yes, it’s not really as usable as a traditional table-of-contents style approach to book organization, but then again, is that always the point?  This is a stunning example of when the benefits of beauty and fun can sometimes outweigh pure usability.

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