buttons and handles

CCRMA Stanford University

Music 250 - Physical Interaction Design for Music

homework 1: Handles and Buttons

Due Monday Oct. 1

  • One way to distinguish the ways we DO things is with HANDLES or BUTTONS.
  • Buttons are discrete, handles continuous. With a button you initiate and let go; with a handle you grab on and contol.
    Button clicks are more likely symbolic - we string them together. Handles are more analogic - we gesture and indicate.
  • Bring to class two sketches on separate pages: one of a "handle" one of a "button".

  • Sketch enough of the context so it is clear where and who might use it.
  • List the features that make this a good or bad example -- what you like or don't.
  • Tips:
    • You will present these to everyone in the class. Use a Sharpie.
    • The drawing should be self-explanatory. Use as few words as possible.
    • Make it clear how the user interacts with it.