In the early 1940s, Arts & Architecture magazine announced the Case Study House Program. The country was just emerging from World War II and post-war housing was a popular topic with varying thoughts and opinions. Arts & Architecture saw this as an opportunity to develop a point of view and recruited eight renowned architects to study, plan, design, and construct eight houses, each to a specification for a special living problem in the Southern California area.

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This program explored how best to utilize new materials and construction methods to design better living solutions (aka houses). Most importantly, no architect was allowed to break the “rules”. Each house was subject to ordinary building conditions and the usual building restrictions. In addition, each house was to be capable of duplication and not a one-off circumstance.

Due to the success of the first eight houses, the program continued through the 1960s to conceptualize and construct nearly 30 homes across the country. These are some of the most sought after and desirable houses still standing today.

Consider what follows to be our studio’s take on a “Case Study App Program”.

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In Case of Inspiration is a series of Case Study Projects and stories that provide insight into ideas we believe are better digital experiences and solutions. Every Case Study exists well within the realm of feasibility, while aiming to achieve a new sense of desirability currently absent in existing solutions.

In compiling these Case Study Projects, we aim to demonstrate how we shifted the traditional focus from functional and familiar experiences to refreshing and delightful experiences. Each Case Study will experiment with new tools and methods for building emotionally evocative stories and experiences, while still fulfilling the specifications of unique consumer problems.

You will see how we experiment with AI, flex new web technologies, raise eyebrows with unconventional design, build with budding mobile technologies, bring micro-interactions to life, and so much more.

What follows is a growing list of Case Study Projects. Whether you revel in or revile each of these projects, we’re excited to present you with this ever-expanding body of work.

Case Study Apps

1. Nella: From AI to ZZZ
2. Putting The Proof Into The (E-Commerce) Pudding
3. Build-A-Bronco: Finding The Right Look

…and much more to come!

Is there something you don’t see here, that you wish a Case Study existed for? Would you like to partner with us for a Case Study? Drop us a line at contact@fiveanddone.com.

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