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Work · October 4, 2014

Star Wars GUI / MultiTouch UI

If you follow this blog you may remember I posted this along with a Vine of some UI controls I was working on about a year ago. I was inspired to build them after seeing this real-time rendering demo for Star Wars by LucasFilm (check it at 01:19). I'm revisiting this project at the moment which

Star Wars GUI / MultiTouch UI launched on October 4, 2014 with 21 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

In plain words

Star Wars GUI is a multitouch user interface inspired by LucasFilm's Star Wars real-time rendering demo. The project features interactive UI controls built with CSS and animated using Greensock GSAP. It is designed for developers and designers working on interactive interfaces and infographics who want to explore science fiction-inspired design patterns and touch-responsive controls.

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