Experimental Web Presence

The origin of MECHAfushigi.com, “MAKA FUSHIGI’ can be translated into mystery in English. The term OPTMYST.com came from the combination of optical and mystery. The goal of the activity is to design by visualizing inspired phenomena archived in MECHAfushigi.com and showcase them in OPTYMYST.com.

While usability of web performances can be destructed by extremely subtle incongruity with the speed expected today, the users’ familiarities with interfaces seem to dictate its satisfaction. Thus, although designers develop designs to aim high usability, unless these designs become standardized, their efficiencies in providing information are limited. On the other hand, the successful expansion of blogs is due to the juxtaposition between its standardized format and the fact that information traffic is relied on text based data format.

Therefore, instead of developing interfaces based on usability, I believe that interfaces themselves can be designed to attract visitors. Its engines are visual, tactile and kinematic experiences performed by the interface. OPTMYST.com was set up not only to showcase products but also to experiment self-attraction. I would like to keep the space mysterious and premature to invoke the future growth and imaginations.