Ionut Maxim

Motion experiments

Micro interactions, easing curves, and the moments where motion makes an interface feel honest instead of decorative.

Long exposure of light trails
Stare
În curs
Mediu
Web, prototypes
Actualizat
martie 2026

Motion is one of the easiest things to overdo and one of the hardest things to do well. This track is about the small moments: a hover, a state change, a transition that confirms instead of decorates.

I keep coming back to easing curves. They are the punctuation of an interface.

01 · Note

Motion that confirms

The best micro motion answers a question the user did not even realise they were asking: did this register, where am I now, is something happening.

When motion is doing that job, you barely notice it. When it is decorative, you notice it once and resent it the second time.

02 · Note

Curves as character

Two products can use the same animation duration and feel completely different because of the curve. A linear ease feels industrial. A soft cubic ease feels considered.

I am interested in how curves can carry brand without anyone ever explicitly noticing them.

03 · Note

Plates

Slow shutter light trails
Curve · soft cubic ease in motion
Abstract blue motion blur
Feedback · the moment of confirmation

Întrebări deschise

Open questions

  • When does motion stop being feedback and start being friction?
  • How do you brief easing in a written spec?
  • Where does motion belong on a static page like this one?

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