A Grammar of Interaction
Exploring interaction
through verbs.
How can a verb become an interaction?
I begin by exploring each verb’s etymology, connotations, and physicality, alongside the values and ideologies it carries. I then translate these layers of meaning into tangible interactions and feedback—something people can act on, experience, and respond to.
Across twenty studies of Sync, Tune, Drift, Inquire, and Reveal, I translate verbs into typography, motion, and interactive behaviour. These experiments explore visual communication, interaction design, and rapid prototyping through how an idea looks, moves, and responds.
Ongoing project. More verbs to come.
- Role
- Interaction Design
- Skills
- Typography, motion design & rapid prototyping
- Time
- 2026
- Tools
- Figma · Figma Make · Codex
The Studies
Reveal / Block Reveal
Try itReveal / Blur Reveal
Try itReveal / Reveal Hidden
Try itSync / Rotating Button
Try itSync / Drag Motion
Try itSync / Vertical
Try itSync / Halftone
Try itTune / Equalizer Type
Try itTune / Mechanical
Try itTune / Sand Morph
Try itTune / Retro Universe
Try itDrift / Water Type
Try itDrift / Parallel Traffic
Try itDrift / Universe
Try itDrift / Minimal
Try itInquire / Playful Wordmark
Try itInquire / Type Anything
Try itInquire / Click Interaction
Try itInquire / Particle Interaction
Try it20 studies
Design Research
For each verb, I explore its origins and associations through four lenses: illustrative, abstract, emotive, and antithetical. Typography and visual references help me turn these readings into possible behaviours.
Tune: making harmony tangible
My research traced “tune” from musical pitch to adjustment, refinement, and putting a system in order. Sand Morph explores that search for harmony through a word made of grains—able to disperse, regroup, and take on a different order.
A compact form to take apart
The dense, rounded wordmark establishes a recognisable starting point. Translating its solid silhouette into grains lets the same material carry both a readable word and an abstract pattern.
Order emerging from grains
References to wave patterns, music, and mathematical harmony suggested a granular visual language. Soft edges and visible particles keep the patterns feeling like shifting material rather than fixed diagrams.
Reference imagery from my research board; not project outputs.Interaction
Development
Tune / Sand Morph
The concept moves between two arrangements of the same material: lettering and a wave pattern. The transition disperses and regathers the grains, making the change in order visible rather than switching between static images.
Start with a word
Grains gather into TUNE, giving the abstract experiment a familiar point of entry.
Click to transform
The grains disperse and settle into a wave pattern. With sound enabled, the pattern is paired with a tone.
Return and explore
Click again to return to the word, then explore another pattern. Sound remains an optional layer.
Try it
Click the word to begin. Enable sound to hear the paired tones.