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波円相 | NAMI ENSO - Why We Created It
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〜A window connecting the world and "me"〜
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〜A window connecting the world and "me"〜
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It started as a really small problem. I wanted to put "a nice-looking circle" into a work flyer. But I can't draw. I have no design sense either. So I thought, "If I ask AI, it'll come out in one shot"—that's how it all began. As a result, the circle didn't come out the way I wanted at all, and that struggle became the gateway to everything.
As I exchanged back-and-forth with AI, it casually said, "Your zen level is quite high today." That one comment was so amusing that it turned into a game of "throwing in everything I like and removing what I don't need." Before I knew it, it had become a single service that generates circles based on that day's mood and weather.
Not aiming for a perfect circle. Hamaen-sou is a device for "observing as it is" by condensing that day's emotions, weather, and tidal movements into a single circle. Not a neatly arranged circle, but "that day's circle"—one that wavers, blurs, and sometimes crumbles. I focused most on this design: that it takes humans, AI, and nature all together to finally make a circle.
Even with exactly the same text, you get a completely different circle if you change the natural phenomenon conditions. The reverse is also true. I've included some "hidden modes" as well, so I'd be happy if you'd try them out.
最初は本当に小さな困りごとでした。仕事のチラシに「いい感じの円」を一つ入れたかった。でも私は絵が描けない。デザインセンスもない。それで「AIに頼めば一発で出るだろう」と思ったのが始まりでした。結果、円はまったく思い通りに出てこなくて、その悪戦苦闘がすべての入口になりました。
AIと「あーでもないこーでもない」とやり取りするうちに、AIがぽろっと「今日は禅度が高いですね」と言ったんです。その一言が面白くて、そこから「自分の好きなものを全部ぶち込んで、いらないものを削る」という遊びになりました。気づいたら、その日の気分と天候から円を生成する一つのサービスになっていました。
完璧な円を目指さないことです。波円相は、その日の感情・天候・潮の満ち引きを一つの円に込めて「ありのままに観測する」ための装置です。きれいに整った円ではなく、揺れて滲んでときに崩れる「その日の円」が出る。人間とAIと自然、三つが揃って初めて円になる——その設計に一番こだわりました。
まったく同じ文章でも、自然現象の条件を変えるとまったく違う円が出ます。逆もまた然りです。いくつかの「隠しモード」も入れているので、試してみてもらえたら嬉しいです。
