Teaching digital craft

Nitsche, Michael; Quitmeyer, Andrew; Farina, Kate; Zwaan, Samuel; Nam, Hye Yeon

doi:10.1145/2559206.2578872

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“…Smart and hybrid materials have expanded the landscape of creative artifacts and experiences, yet their co-existence with digital and physical ways of making produce several tensions. As new materials emerge within existing practices, Nitsche [33] observed the necessity of building on the material basis of the particular craft and rooting interaction in the complex interplay of materials. Vallgårda and Redström [51] advocated for the notion of computational elements as containing many of the same characteristics as physical materials such as substance, structure, and surface.…”

Section: Supporting Working With Hybrid Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conversation with Actuators

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Nicholas

Lee

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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An exciting, expanding palette of hybrid materials is emerging that can be programmed to actuate by a range of external and internal stimuli. However, there exists a dichotomy between the physicality of the actuators and the intangible computational signal that is used to program them. For material practitioners, this lack of physical cues limits their ability to engage in a "conversation with materials" (CwM). This paper presents a creative workstation for supporting this epistemological style by bringing a stronger physicality to the computational signal and balance the conversation between physical and digital actors. The station utilizes a streaming architecture to distribute control across multiple devices and leverage the rich spatial cognition that a physical space affords. Through a formal user study, we characterize the actuation design practice supported by the CwM workstation and discuss opportunities for tangible interfaces to hybrid materials. CCS Concepts•Human-centered computing → Interactive systems and tools; Systems and tools for interaction design;

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Section: Supporting Working With Hybrid Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Conversation with Actuators

Torres

Nicholas

Lee

et al. 2019

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

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“…On the other hand, this saliency has been largely leveraged by interaction designers to engage and captivate audiences. Often, this "tacking on of media" [20] limits the exploration of the physical design space to instead focus on designing through digital manipulation. This line of thinking aligned with the mental model and LED interaction patterns of participants in our workshop.…”

Section: Led As Hybrid Practicementioning

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Illumination Aesthetics

Torres

O'Leary

Nicholas

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Figure 1. a) an illuminated hairpin (1 led); a tactile flexible diffuser cast with small glass beads creates diffusion and shadow, b) a sun-moon light art piece (25 leds); a computationally generated reflector controls light rays to form soft and hard edges to blend colored lights, c) a dynamic tactile map of an urban center (16 leds); volumetric diffusers indicate building locations; buildings light up in succession to indicate pathways.

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“…In this process, aesthet ics has become a central topic. This has resulted in designers frequently being discussed in terms of art ists and crafts practitioners, and computer design in terms of artwork and crafts (Buechley and Perner Wilson 2012, Dunne and Gaver 1997, Lindell 2012, Nitsche et al 2014, Rosner 2010. Focus now often lies on the designer and the designer's ability to use the aesthetic properties of the digital material rather than on organized conversations with potential users concerning their needs for functional systems.…”

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The aesthetic turn: exploring the religious dimensions of digital technology

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2016

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Exploring the religious dimensions of digital technology T he arena for developing digital technology has undergone an aesthetic turn, broadening the focus from a functionalist approach producing centralized systems in the 1970s and 1980s to an increased awareness of the aesthetic aspects of the indi vidual user's interaction with technology in the 1990s and 2000s. Within the academic research fields studying digital technology (e.g. Human-Computer Inter action and Interaction Design) the aesthetic turn has resulted in a shift from a strong emphasis on user behaviour to an increased interest in aesthetic perspectives on the role of the designer, the design process, and the design material. Within these fields, aesthetics has often been interpreted as belonging to the realm of the individual; personal experiences such as pleasure, engagement, and emotions have been emphasized in both technology development and technology research. Aesthetics is not, however, only an individual phenomenon but also has relational and structural components that need to be acknowledged. Structural aspects of aesthetics condition the possibilities for individuals inter acting with digital technology. Thus, the tension between individual and relational aspects of aesthetics in digital technology also reflects a tension between freedom and limit ation; between change and permanence; between destabil izing and stabilizing forces.Such a broadened understanding of aesthetics offers a model of digital technology that roughly corresponds to Mark C. Taylor's definition of religion. Taylor argues that religion is constituted by, on the one hand, a figuring moment characterized by structural stability and universality, and, on the other hand, a disfiguring moment characterized by disruption, particularity, and change. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the aesthetic turn and Taylor's definition of religion to illustrate similarities between the two, suggesting possible religious dimensions of digital technology and how that can inform our understanding of people's interaction with digital technology.

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Teaching digital craft

Cited by 21 publications

References 13 publications

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A Conversation with Actuators

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The aesthetic turn: exploring the religious dimensions of digital technology

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