Design study · The user journey

Wander the field, never lose the thread.

A spatial surface can be beautiful and still get you lost — Wikipedia never does, because it's a line. So this one keeps a line underneath the space: one instrument at every depth, a trail you can always walk back, and commerce that only ever sits downstream of the evidence.

Konstellation — 14 fields
Click a field · larger = more literature · brighter line = more shared venues
The journey · four depths, one instrument

Every layer is read with the same tool, so moving never means relearning.

Depth 0 · Field

The whole field

Arrive on the constellation of all research topics, connected by shared journals. Orientation before detail — you see the terrain before you pick a path.

Depth 1 · Topic

One field, x-rayed

A topic's evidence signature, its verifiable counts and its neighbours. No verdict — the shape and the live queries let you judge.

Depth 2 · Companies

Who works here

The same constellation, now of the companies active in that field. Amber, not green: you have crossed from evidence into commerce, and the colour says so.

Depth 3 · Company → Offer

The x-ray, then the link

A company's services and its own research, held visibly apart from independent evidence. Only past that x-ray does the single disclosed affiliate link appear.

You are here

A breadcrumb always names your path and every step is clickable — the linear thread under the space.

Depth rail

A four-tick rail shows which layer you're on. Green for evidence, amber for commerce; you always know which world you're in.

One instrument

Constellation and signature work identically at every depth. The tool never changes shape, only what it points at.

Return anchor

A single “back to the field” resets to depth 0 from anywhere. No dead ends, no deep holes.

Evidence first

An offer is never reachable without passing its company x-ray. Commerce is downstream of evidence, so nobody is ambushed by a sale.