Research tool · rebuild in progress
Kubun
Browse huge databases by similarity, not by endless lists.
Web toolResearch prototypeKIT
IDEENSTARK2020
In short
Find what is similar, not just what matches.
Kubun puts one item in the centre and arranges similar ones around it. Weight what matters to you and the map rearranges. Tested with movie, anime and game-design databases, it was the heart of Greta’s PhD at KIT. Kubun is Japanese for classification.
Manifesto
The visual philosophy
How Kubun thinks, from a single element to galaxies of connected classifications. Ten pages from the Kubun manifesto, click to enlarge.
OriginPhD research at KITInstitute of Information Systems and Marketing
Tested4 rounds of user studieswith interviews and usability scores
TodayRebuild in progressgame-design database still online
IDEENSTARK Baden-Württemberg 2020
One of ten winners out of about 120 submissions.
Team Greta Hoffmann, Raphael Martin and Sabine Scharff.