Design reference 100 · Avant-garde & experimental
Powers of Scale
Changing scale should change the question, not only the magnification.
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Design specification
Idea. Changing scale should change the question, not only the magnification.
Composition. The opening screen is an extreme close-up of a woven thread. Discrete semantic zooms replace it with cloth, garment, workshop and town, with scale rulers embedded in each full-page illustration.
Navigation and complete example. Move through fibre, cloth, garment, workshop and town in an original illustrated material journey. Each zoom changes the content and units, and the complete account links all five scales.
Responsive and inclusive behaviour. The scene uses responsive vector art with a persistent scale selector. Zoom is discrete and button-controlled, so pinch gestures, motion and precise pointing are unnecessary. All controls are native buttons or labelled inputs. Movement is discretionary, no sound starts automatically, reduced-motion preferences remove transitions, and a direct index exposes the same content.
Adaptation. Give each scale a different level of explanation. Preserve a stable material identity across transitions and provide a complete linear account. Retain the relationship between navigation and content. Do not reduce the reference to a generic hero followed by interchangeable cards.
Research. [Neal Agarwal — The Deep Sea](https://neal.fun/deep-sea/); [Rafaël Rozendaal — Internet works](https://www.newrafael.com/internet?filter=website). These are conceptual precedents, not copied artwork, source code, branding or text. All diagrams and sample writing in this specimen are original, fictional material.
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Reference images
- Desktop — 1440 × 1000 viewport
- Phone — 390 × 844 viewport
- Supporting state — 1440 × 1000 viewport
- Full page — 1440 × 1000 viewport
Supporting routes
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Use and adapt the original code and specifications for personal or commercial work under MIT. Keep applicable font and photo notices. The ZIP includes the complete runnable reference and its local assets.