The Hybrid Dimension of Material Design: Two Case Studies of a Do-It-Yourself Approach for the Development of Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials

Parisi, Stefano; Holzbach, Markus; Rognoli, Valentina

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“…The findings are supported by results from prior studies we individually carried out in our practice and research activities, such as user studies, workshops with design students, direct manipulation, and self-observation (Parisi et al, 2020(Parisi et al, , 2019Parisi & Rognoli, 2016Shetty, 2018). In Parisi and Rognoli (2017) the main issues of dealing with growing and living materials are presented, also from an experiential perspective, by the presentation of an author case study of tinkering and experimentation with mycelium-based materials.…”

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“…The materiality of artifacts and built environment is shifting towards a novel dimension: one characterized by hybridization, dynamism, and interactivity. 'Hybrid' identifies complex entities made up of interdependent components belonging to diversified, even contrasting, nature: the natural and the synthetic; the physical and the digital; the analog and the computational; the inert and the living (Antonelli, 2008;Parisi et al, 2020). 'Dynamic' refers to all types of materials -even the traditional ones -since they are not static entities.…”

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“…In this context, 'interactive' stands for the ability of materials to establish a mutual relationship with other non-living and living entities (Saffer, 2009) by exchanging sa, caracterizada por la hibridación, el dinamismo y la interactividad. Lo "híbrido" identifica entidades complejas formadas por componentes interdependientes de naturaleza diversificada, incluso contrastante: lo natural y lo sintético, lo físico y lo digital, lo analógico y lo computacional, lo inerte y lo vivo (Antonelli, 2008;Parisi et al, 2020). Lo "dinámico", por su parte, refiere a todo tipo de materiales, incluso los tradicionales, ya que no se trata de entidades estáticas.…”

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“…Al utilizar las categorías y los ejemplos de materiales bio-sinérgicos, en tanto materiales dinámicos con un alto potencial para desencadenar emociones y sentimientos, discutimos las principales estéticas y experiencias que tales materiales permiten y conllevan, apuntando hacia el cambio de valores y comportamientos sociales. Los hallazgos están respaldados por los resultados de estudios previos que llevamos a cabo individualmente en nuestra práctica y en actividades de investigación, como estudios de usuarios, workshops con estudiantes de diseño, manipulación directa y autoobservación (Parisi et al, 2020(Parisi et al, , 2019Parisi & Rognoli, 2016Shetty, 2018). En Parisi y Rognoli (2017) se presentan los principales problemas relacionados con el manejo de materiales vivos y en crecimiento, también desde una perspectiva experiencial, mediante la presentación de un estudio de caso del autor sobre experimentación y cacharreo dIScuSSIon By using the categories and examples of Bio-Synergistic materials as dynamic materials with a high emotional potential to trigger emotions and feelings, we discuss the main aesthetics and experience that such materials enable and entail, towards changing societal values and behaviors.…”

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“…Un estudio adicional involucra el prototipo físico de uno de los ejemplos descritos en el artículo spontaneity of the living material are emphasized: the designer needs to abandon conventional ways of dealing with matter and adopt new behaviors characterized by ceding control to materials vitality, opening to the unexpected and interdependence, and respecting a novel and slower timeframe for the resource to become an object. Parisi, Holzbach, and Rognoli (2020) proposed a definition of material design as a hybrid practice, presenting materials experimentations developed by the authors and their students as case studies to support the assumption. Such materials explorations were focused on augmenting the properties of traditional materials with interactive components and demonstrated the potential of hybridization in pushing the imagination to new horizons for open-ended and ephemeral interfaces.…”

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Doctor (c), Politecnico di Milano. Es investigador en el Departamento de Diseño del Politecnico di Milano y miembro del Materials Experience Lab y del DIY Materials Research Group. Trabaja en experiencia con materiales emergentes. Su investigación se centra en la innovación en diseño, la enseñanza y las metodologías de transferencia de conocimiento sobre materiales emergentes para el diseño, en particular los que tienen cualidades híbridas, dinámicas e interactivas. Algunas de sus publicaciones más recientes son "The Hybrid Dimension of Material Design: Two Case Studies of a Do-it-yourself Approach for the Development of Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials" (con M. Holzbach y V. Rognoli; Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 1131, Springer, 2020), "Design for ICS Materials: A Tentative Methodology for Interactive, Connected, Smart Materials Applied to Yacht Design" (con A.

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Building a Unique Method to Teach How to “Design” with and for ICS Materials in the Wearable Domain

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Applying the DATEMATS Method and Tools to Wearable ICS Materials: A Dialogue Between E-textiles and Active Lighting Technologies for Caring and Well-Being

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The chapter presents and discusses the theoretical background, original methodology, format, and results of the workshop “Interdisciplinary challenge on Emerging Materials and Technologies (EM&Ts)” with a focus on Interactive Connected and Smart (ICS) Materials for Wearable Technologies. ICS materials are defined as systems combining inactive materials, stimuli-responsive smart materials, and embedded sensing, computing, and actuating technologies. They can sense and communicate data from the body or the environment, and they can perform interactive behaviours. One of the application sectors where these are more exploited is wearable technologies. These materials can be embedded into clothing or worn on the body as electronic textiles (e-textiles), implants, or accessories. The challenge was used as a way to transfer new knowledge on innovative materials to design and engineering students and to establish a dialogue between students, researchers with extensive materials-focused expertise, and companies interested in EM&Ts. The workshop presented in this paper was held at Politecnico di Milano, Design School, from 12 to 16 July 2021. The methodology of the workshop follows a framework built by collecting, analysing, and systemically formalising innovative tools, methods, and approaches for designing and learning how to design with advanced materials. It identifies three phases: (1) Understanding the EM&Ts—where the fundamental knowledge is provided; (2) Exploring and Shaping the EM&Ts—where hands-on experimentation and tinkering is a way to stimulate ideas and understand the opportunities and limits of the materials and processes; (3) Applying the EM&Ts—the synthesis of the process when the material is embedded and embodied into a project. This framework defined the original structure and agenda of the whole workshop. Therefore, the workshop was based on a combination of hands-on experimentation, design activities, and lectures by the teaching staff of the four universities and by partnering companies (design pills). Students applied this unique design methodology developed within the project to design with four Emerging Materials and Technologies (EM&Ts). The method and tools developed by the staff supported students in understanding, exploring, and shaping, and applying EM&Ts, and finding design opportunities from their integration. Indeed, the main EM&Ts explored in the workshop are Interactive Connected and Smart Materials (ICS Materials), but all the other EM&Ts researched in the project were integrated: Nanomaterials, Experimental Wood-based Materials, and Advanced Growing Materials. In this interdisciplinary challenge, a real-life design brief was given to students with the cooperation of two partner companies: Comftech and SCILIF. The joint challenge with the title “Designing with ICS Materials: a dialogue between e-textiles and active lighting technologies” was about using the two patented technologies produced by the companies—a textile sensor detecting biosignals, and SunFibre active lighting system—as a platform to develop interactive, connected, and smart tangible interfaces for new application sectors focused on emotions and stress management, from well-being to entertainment, to safety. Twenty-three students worked together in six multi-disciplinary teams to find solutions for this challenge and to produce product concepts, prototypes, and material samples. The results are described and discussed in the chapter and include interactive garments for healthcare, improving safety at work, sharing emotions in leisure activities, and for the well-being of elderly people and kids. The discussion of the results and the whole methodology is informed by the feedback provided by students through a questionnaire and by teaching staff observation.

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The Hybrid Dimension of Material Design: Two Case Studies of a Do-It-Yourself Approach for the Development of Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Vivo, provocador, sorprendente: dimensiones emocionales de los materiales bio-sinérgicos para un diseño socialmente significativo

Vivo, provocador, sorprendente: dimensiones emocionales de los materiales bio-sinérgicos para un diseño socialmente significativo

Building a Unique Method to Teach How to “Design” with and for ICS Materials in the Wearable Domain

Applying the DATEMATS Method and Tools to Wearable ICS Materials: A Dialogue Between E-textiles and Active Lighting Technologies for Caring and Well-Being

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