after-hours tasting room for unfinished ideas
prototype.bar
Pull up to the counter. Every pour is a speculative interface recipe, named before dawn and served with the glue still drying.
v0.3
shake test
not final
first pour
edge feels alive
station 01 / napkin sketch
Sketches arrive wet, folded, and slightly impossible.
The bartender circles the strongest gesture in pink, then leaves the rest as graphite ghosts under acetate.
- gesture map
- counter-side critique
- one rule broken on purpose
station 02 / foam model
Whiteboard logic becomes something you can tap with a fingernail.
Tiny foam-core interfaces lean against a chipped ceramic tray while turquoise resin pools inside their seams.
REV AREV BREV C
station 03 / stress pour
Shake until the weak assumptions separate.
Every hypothesis is over-poured, under-lit, and watched for cracks. The best ones keep their shape with pressure on the rim.
station 04 / label test
A name is a bottle you can hold up to the light.
Rubber stamps, revision stickers, and crooked tasting cards turn each prototype into a rumor with a proof mark.
FINAL
NOT-FINAL
NOT-FINAL
station 05 / final not-final
Last call is only another version number.
The counter never closes. Leave the label damp, the rim glowing, and the next iteration within reach.
reserve a stool for the next experiment