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Atlas Navigation as Research

Browsing should feel like orientation in a map — filters as instruments, not e-commerce faceting.

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Coherence
Feasibility
Elegance

Rationale & Context

An atlas implies adjacency, terrain, and pathways. The UI should encourage exploration without noise.

Constraints & Non-Goals

  • —Filters must be fast.
  • —No visual clutter.
  • —Make transitions meaningful.

Feasibility Gradient

Start with clean filters/search → add related-by-adjacency → add saved paths later.

Next Actions

  1. Design the filter bar as a single calm instrument.
  2. Add related-by-tag and related-by-horizon grouping.
  3. Prototype atlas mode vs list mode.

Restricted Layer

Interaction patterns for adjacency and path-based browsing.

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Last updated: January 20, 2026