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Decision Cube

Focus
Product · interaction · motion
Year
2026
Status
Local prototype

Making a decision-making style visible. A cube becomes a picture of a person, with motion and simple interactions connecting their choices to a fuller understanding of themselves.

01 / The cube transformation

More sides to you.

The cube is you. Hidden faces become visible, open out and align. Every dot stays with its face.

An opaque dotted cube becomes transparent, opens into six faces, and aligns into one continuous pattern.
The cube is you. There’s more beyond the sides you can see.

02 / The personality type mixer

Same priorities.
Different starting point.

One swap explains why order matters. Choose what leads, add another priority, then turn the combination around.

Order makes a difference. Try turning the combination around.

Pragmatism + Principle

Meet the

Pragmatic Idealist

How they decide

They move toward what works, but 'works' carries a longer time horizon than most people use — a solution that wins today but costs trust or integrity down the line doesn't clear their bar. They're comfortable in the mess of reality and allergic to abstraction, except when it comes to the things they won't compromise on, which are non-negotiable and don't require a meeting.

What they bring to a team

They're the person who finds the actual path through — not the ideal path, not the cautious path, but the one that moves things forward without leaving wreckage behind. When trade-offs have to be made, they make them, and the team can trust that whatever decision comes out has been tested against both what's possible and what's right.

Working well with them

Come with the real constraints, not the polished pitch — they're better at navigating the actual situation than validating a tidy one. If a proposed shortcut touches something they hold as a line, they won't be argued out of it with efficiency logic; find a route that doesn't require crossing it.

03 / The interactive result explanation

A result you can
see the reasons for.

Colour connects the choices, counts and words. Select a dot or a priority to see what contributes to the result.

Example result · fictional choices8 choices → Pragmatic Idealist

One dot = one chosen option.
Colour shows its tagged priority.

3 of 8 choices

Why “Pragmatic”?

These choices favoured a workable response to the situation. This is the most frequent priority in the example choices.

Pragmatism contributes “Pragmatic” to Pragmatic Idealist.

Each chosen option adds one count. The two most frequent priorities select the type and its description. These are counts of fictional choices, not percentages of a personality.

04 / The shareable type film & cards

A little introduction.
A moving identity.

A portrait film and matching card carry the type beyond the result screen. The same visual language, ready to share.

Portrait type film · Pragmatic Idealist
Pragmatic Idealist matching portrait card with a blue and green dotted cube
Matching still card
Explore the artwork on its own
Artwork-focused motion
Pragmatic Idealist artwork still: blue and green dots on cube faces
Artwork still

A shared symbol for the Pragmatic Idealist type. Its dot proportions are decorative, not personal scores. The eight-choice example above shows actual counts from fictional choices.