Muse: designing a studio for ideas

Building on the foundation of our earlier user research, we continue to explore tablet interfaces as a freeform thinking space. Based on the above comparison, we set out with the following design goals:

Added to these are some of Ink & Switch’s general design principles for digital tools:

If the studio can achieve these goals, we hope it means you, the user, will be able to create more connections among ideas that before would have been siloed. However, as far as we know, Muse’s combination of zooming interface, continuous design, concurrent stylus and hand gestures, and very high responsiveness is novel in a productivity tool.

Source: www.inkandswitch.com