DIAGRAM STUDIES / SEPTEMBER 2026
Animated diagrams
Studies in how motion can explain a change, a connection or a sequence.
Tap play to watch. On a phone, rotate to landscape or use the video’s fullscreen control for a closer look. Full-size stills are available below each diagram.
01 / ARRIVAL 8 SEC · SILENT
Evidence intake
A new fragment of evidence fills the Context slot in an existing record. The other sections stay in place.
02 / SYNTHESIS 8 SEC · SILENT
From notes to an article
Three research notes feed a synthesis. An editor reviews it before the article is published.
03 / CHANGE 6 SEC · INTERACTIVE
A document changes
New evidence fills one gap in a persistent note; everything else stays. Play, scrub, and switch the ground between light and dark.
04 / BRANCH 7 SEC · INTERACTIVE
One rule, two outputs
A shared ruleset constrains two pages through one branching trunk. Both outputs inherit the same constraints.
05 / ACCUMULATION 10 SEC · INTERACTIVE
A note accumulates
Three batches settle into three sections of one working note, in sequence. Scrub to hold any single arrival.
The two videos are landscape and silent. The three studies run in the page with play, scrub and still controls, switch between light and dark ground, and adopt a portrait layout on narrow screens. Reduced-motion settings replace continuous animation with before and after states.
The toolkit that draws and exports these diagrams is on GitHub: igor/diagramming.