Method Translation
Gapswork
A client-method translation project: turning a problem-solving method into a collaborative whiteboard workspace.
Problem space
The client had a valuable problem-solving method that needed to become more visible, collaborative, and operational. The work was not only to explain the method, but to give people a shared place to use it.
Project response
Gapswork translates that method into a whiteboard-style workspace where gaps, cards, portals, and project material can be arranged as a field of work.
Current shape
The current version is a live prototype of a collaborative board. It shows the method becoming spatial, shared, and interface-shaped rather than remaining only as explanation.
Design decisions
- Treat the client's method as the source of the interface language.
- Use a board environment because the method depends on seeing relationships, gaps, and movement across material.
- Make ambiguity workable by turning gaps and fragments into objects people can place, compare, and develop.
- Keep the workspace close to the client's way of thinking rather than forcing it into generic project-management categories.
WIP status
- It is not yet optimized for mobile; the current proof is best understood on desktop.
- A clearer public demo frame for visitors who do not already know the method.
- A short guided example that shows what changes after someone uses the workspace.
- Cleaner distinction between prototype, product, and client-service proof.
How it connects