Fundamental · patterns
Find the pattern for your problem.
Start from what you're building, not from the physics. Every pattern below is a named, validated answer to a real interface problem — pick the job, watch it run, open its page.
- Gravity core
Priority Well
make important elements feel naturally weighted without shouting
Priority & Attention - Gravity core
Focus Orbit
keep related options moving around the active item
Navigation & WayfindingPriority & Attention - Gravity core
Search Relevance Field
let search results settle by relevance, confidence, and recency
Priority & AttentionEvidence & Trust - Electromagnetic core
Signal Path
show information flowing through citations, dependencies, or routes
Relationships & StructureFlow & Process - Electromagnetic core
Evidence Field
show how sources support, weaken, or contradict a claim
Evidence & TrustRelationships & Structure - Weak core
Conflict Field
make contradiction, uncertainty, and unstable state visible
Conflict & Stability - Strong core
Relationship Bond
keep related elements visually and behaviorally connected
Relationships & Structure - Strong core
Concept Cluster
group related terms, cards, or sections without hard layout changes
Relationships & Structure - Strong core
Coherence Field
show whether a form, workflow, or dataset is becoming stable
Conflict & StabilityFlow & Process - Gravity core
Reading Field
make long content pages reveal attention, memory, and concept links
Navigation & WayfindingMemory & TimePriority & Attention - Weak core
Memory Trace
show where a user has been, paused, returned, or accumulated attention
Memory & Time - Weak core
Decay Notice
let stale, temporary, or completed state fade gracefully
Memory & Time - Weak core
Phase Shift
show a state transition: draft → published, pending → complete, hidden → active
Memory & TimeFlow & Process - Electromagnetic core
Guided Flow
move particles or attention along field lines, relationships, or paths
Flow & ProcessNavigation & Wayfinding - Platform core
Diagnostic Lens
reveal field lines, causality, prediction, topology, energy, and overlays
Platform - Platform core
Accessibility Equivalence
convert motion-heavy behavior into static, semantic, reduced-motion equivalents
Platform - Gravity applied
Attention Weather
show system urgency, density, and activity across a dashboard
Priority & AttentionPresence & System Health - Electromagnetic applied
Navigation Current
make routes, breadcrumbs, and likely next paths feel connected
Navigation & Wayfinding - Electromagnetic applied
Citation Thread
bind citations, footnotes, evidence, references into visible relationships
Evidence & TrustRelationships & Structure - Strong applied
Form Stability Field
show validation as coherence instead of error noise
Flow & ProcessConflict & Stability - Gravity applied
Command Intent Field
let command palettes settle around likely intent
Navigation & WayfindingPriority & Attention - Weak applied
Selection Wake
leave a subtle trail of user interaction and selection
Memory & Time - Gravity applied
Availability Pressure
show schedule density, conflicts, and open space
Presence & System HealthPriority & Attention - Strong applied
Dependency Tension
reveal constraints, blockers, and coupled states
Relationships & StructureConflict & Stability - Weak applied
Staleness Drift
make outdated content, data, or files cool and recede
Memory & Time - Electromagnetic applied
Trust Gradient
show confidence, verification, and unsupported claims
Evidence & Trust - Weak applied
Completion Release
let finished work release pressure and settle into memory
Memory & TimeFlow & Process - Strong applied
Group Magnet
let related cards, assets, or controls cluster intelligently
Relationships & Structure - Weak applied
Error Pressure
show accumulated instability without harsh alert patterns
Conflict & Stability - Electromagnetic applied
Handoff Stream
show ownership or state moving from one person or system to another
Flow & ProcessPresence & System Health - Gravity applied
Context Halo
reveal nearby relevant context around a focused element
Priority & AttentionNavigation & Wayfinding - Platform applied
Field Tutorial
teach Fundamental by revealing DOM, bodies, fields, metrics, feedback, and overlays
Platform - Gravity systems
Semantic Gravity Map
let a document or app reveal which concepts carry the most weight
Priority & AttentionRelationships & Structure - Electromagnetic systems
Polarity Filter
let opposing states, tags, or preferences sort themselves visibly
Conflict & StabilityRelationships & Structure - Strong systems
Source Constellation
show how multiple sources gather around claims, topics, or decisions
Evidence & TrustRelationships & Structure - Weak systems
Drift Correction
bring wandering attention or unstable layout back into coherence
Conflict & StabilityNavigation & Wayfinding - Electromagnetic systems
Resonance Match
highlight elements that ring with the user current intent
Priority & AttentionNavigation & Wayfinding - Platform systems
Friction Gate
slow risky, destructive, or irreversible actions without modal noise
Safety & Governance - Strong systems
Boundary Field
make safe zones, drop zones, scopes, and containers perceptible
Safety & GovernanceRelationships & Structure - Weak systems
Threshold Bloom
reveal meaningful state changes only when a threshold is crossed
Memory & TimePriority & Attention - Electromagnetic systems
Latency Ripple
show delay, loading, sync, and distributed system response as waves
Presence & System HealthFlow & Process - Strong systems
Provenance Trail
preserve the origin and transformation history of content or data
Evidence & TrustMemory & Time - Gravity systems
Review Pressure
surface items needing review before they decay, expire, or block work
Priority & AttentionConflict & Stability - Strong systems
Semantic Snap
align objects, cards, or text fragments by meaning instead of only geometry
Relationships & Structure - Gravity systems
Ambient Tutor
teach the interface quietly based on hesitation, return, and attention
Navigation & WayfindingMemory & Time - Strong systems
Relation Lens
temporarily reveal hidden connections without changing layout
Relationships & Structure - Gravity systems
Priority Tide
let importance rise and fall over time, workload, or context
Priority & AttentionMemory & Time - Platform systems
Field Contract Preview
show exactly what a recipe will register, measure, write, and render before enabling it
Platform - Electromagnetic operational
Presence Field
show collaborators as live influence, not static avatars
Presence & System Health - Gravity operational
Consensus Well
let agreement gather around stable options or decisions
Presence & System HealthConflict & Stability - Electromagnetic operational
Disagreement Charge
make unresolved conflict visible without turning it into noise
Conflict & StabilityPresence & System Health - Electromagnetic operational
Change Shockwave
show the downstream impact of a change across a system
Flow & ProcessPresence & System Health - Strong operational
Permission Boundary
make access, scope, and protected regions legible
Safety & Governance - Gravity operational
Risk Horizon
reveal approaching risk before it becomes an error
Safety & GovernancePriority & Attention - Gravity operational
Intent Magnet
pull likely actions toward the user's current context
Navigation & WayfindingPriority & Attention - Strong operational
Flow Checkpoint
stabilize multi-step flows around milestones
Flow & Process - Gravity operational
Version Gravity
show which version, branch, or draft is becoming canonical
Memory & TimePresence & System Health - Strong operational
Review Constellation
bind reviewers, comments, issues, and artifacts into one field
Relationships & StructurePresence & System Health - Weak operational
Anomaly Bloom
surface unusual behavior as local heat and instability
Conflict & StabilityPresence & System Health - Platform operational
Scope Lens
reveal what a component, recipe, or action can affect
Safety & Governance - Gravity operational
Calibration Field
help users tune settings toward a stable target
Flow & Process - Platform operational
Semantic Drag
add resistance when movement would break meaning
Flow & ProcessRelationships & Structure - Weak operational
Recovery Path
guide users back from error, drift, or interrupted state
Flow & ProcessConflict & Stability - Electromagnetic operational
System Pulse
show the living rhythm of a product, workflow, or data system
Presence & System Health
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Experimental
Patterns still proving out — kept outside the canonical 64 while they settle. Validated and live, with their own pages.
- Wayfinding Field orient the visitor in a navigation bar by surfacing where they are and what is adjacent
- Wayfinding Current trace the path a visitor has travelled and the current flowing from home to where they are
- Contour Charge charge a body with gathered matter while it holds attention; discharge the moment attention leaves
- Gravity Field show a gravity body as a visible, followable natural field — matter threads its lines in orbit
- Focus Well Gather the field toward whatever the operator or an agent is currently focused on, and let it relax as that attention goes stale.