This self project was an attempt to explore various gestures and interactions in a curved mobile screen. The curved form of the screen inspires a series a intuitive and interesting interactions.

2. FLOATING PHOTOS: Delete action
Gestures
The flow of mighty waterfalls inspires the concept of floating photos. To
delete the photos, the user can select the required photo and ‘push’ it
into the ‘waterfall’.
The curved surface acts as the fall of the waterfall. The user flicks the
image towards the waterfall to delete it. The user can hear the ‘splash’
sound while deleting the photo.
Inspiration
Tap and hold
on photo to
be deleted
Task Flow
1
Photo to be
deleted
appears to
float on screen
Tap and hold photo
to be deleted
2
Selected photo appears
to ‘float on screen
3
Flick rightward,
towards the curved
screen
4
The photo is deleted
with a ‘splash’ sound
Flick right
toward the
curved
screen to
delete

3. CONJURING PHOTOS : Opening photo albums
Gestures
Inspiration for ‘Conjuring photos ‘was taken from an hour glass as the
photos appear magically from the curved screen of the Samsung
Youm . The gestures for opening the photos in album gain inspiration
from the way sand moves from one compartment to another .
The user can view the albums easily. Scrolling is also possible by thumb
movement across the screen. One can view the photos in an album by
easy flick gesture.
Inspiration
Albums
Flick right
Thumb upward
Task Flow
1
Select album to open
2
Scroll on curved screen
to select album
3
Flick upward on album
to open
4
Click on photo to be
viewed
Album cam be
Scrolled
Photos open up

4. Gestures
FLIPPING PHOTOS: Opening photo albums
Flipping of images is inspired by natural way of turning pages in thick
books. We often tend to hold the book and rapidly scroll the pages by
using our thumb.
The user can view the photos by using the tactile feel of the curved
surface. It is intuitive to flick the curved surface by our thumb and it
gives the feeling of a thick photo album.
Tap and hold
left thumb
Task Flow
Inspiration
1
Open Album
2
Tap and hold left thumb
3
Flick right thumb on
curved surface
4
Flick upward/
Downward to
move the photos
left or right
Photo albums flip to open
Flick right
Thumb
down/up

5. BOOKMARKS & SCRAPBOOKS: Creating your personal space
Gestures
People have a tendency to keep personal memories in creative
ways. ‘Bookmarks and scrapbooks’ is inspired from the same human
behavior.
The Samsung Galaxy youm, has a very tactile feel . This surface can
be used to place bookmarks in our photo scrap books
The user can create scrapbooks by compiling photos and videos
with graphics. The curved surface is used to place bookmarks on the
scrapbook.
Inspiration
Task Flow
1
2
Place bookmarks on pages
3
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Create Scrapbook
Flick downards to
open scrapbook
page
Arushi Singh | MDes
Flick on
bookmark
To open