Whatodo: nxt
Design, Devlopment
(home)
2023
Figma
VScode
Web Design
Web Dev
Version control
Documentation
At a glance:
Whatodo:nxt is a personal project that lives somewhere between design tool, art object, and gentle life philosophy — which is exactly where i like to be.
It was inspired by Oblique Strategies, the legendary card-based creativity method created by musician Brian Eno and multimedia artist Peter Schmidt in 1975. The premise is beautifully simple: when you're stuck, pull a card. Each one offers a cryptic nudge — an aphorism, a reframe, a small permission — to get you moving again.
I wanted to make something like that, but softer. Less strategy, more chamomile.
(Best experienced on mobile — or resize your viewport if you're on desktop.)
II. Redesign Homepage:
Idea - Prototype - Code:
For my own project, I wrote a few pieces of "soft advices", which would appear after each "tap and spin" of the chamomile flower (see The Flower with Seven Colours for subtle reference).
It's absolutely NOT the best functioning website, due to my then very entry level coding skills (it's better now!), however, I see it as not only product of my personal art directions and first tryout of web development, but also an embodiment of my views and approaches towards life.
Many bugs could be fixed, I'm on one hand kind of lazy to repair it, one the other hand I also like how it stays as it was, as a souvenir or memorial of the past.
III. Refine Product Pages
Idea - Prototype - Code:
For my own project, I wrote a few pieces of "soft advices", which would appear after each "tap and spin" of the chamomile flower (see The Flower with Seven Colours for subtle reference).
It's absolutely NOT the best functioning website, due to my then very entry level coding skills (it's better now!), however, I see it as not only product of my personal art directions and first tryout of web development, but also an embodiment of my views and approaches towards life.
Many bugs could be fixed, I'm on one hand kind of lazy to repair it, one the other hand I also like how it stays as it was, as a souvenir or memorial of the past.