The New Aesthetic of DIY-Materials

Abstract

Materials embedded in artifacts determine the user's materials\ud experience and influence the aesthetic perception. Currently, the widely use of\ud perfect and homogeneous industrial materials is dictating our experience and guide\ud our perception. However, In the last years, a new phenomenon where designers\ud seem interested on recuperating control of the development and the design of\ud materials is emerging. This phenomenon is known as DIY-Materials and is a way for\ud designers to self-produce materials. Those materials appear to be a delightful\ud source of richness regarding the perception and must be considered in designing for\ud the next aesthetic.\ud The paper aims to present some initial considerations and ideas for explaining the\ud current investigation into the aesthetics of DIY-Materials. All the previous studies\ud about the relationship between materials and their aesthetic attributes and\ud qualities are under examination. We create materials boards using the extensive\ud current cases studies, and we framed them following the settled kingdoms\ud classification of DIY-Materials. As part of the study, we started to make some\ud aesthetic considerations for each kingdom with the general purpose to move\ud further formulating useful strategies for designers to self-produce their materials

The Existence of Indonesian Craft in the Middle of DiY Craft Movement by Millennial Community

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Material Education in Design: from Literature Review to rethinking

“…In terms of a social and environmental perspective, sustainability of materials, revived materials and bio-based materials, are frequently occurring issues in design programs, which gives a design project multi-levels of meaning and interpretation. Besides, the generation and development of novel materials such as DIY materials (Rognoli et al, 2015;Ayala-Garcia & Rognoli, 2017) and ICS materials (Rognoli et al, 2017;Parisi et al, 2018) are getting into the designer's and design educator's eyesight. Students are beginning to actively create new materials to achieve their design expression.…”

Agar-based adaptable DIY materials

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“…Such materials can be designed through the creative use of natural substances. They can be a source of richness concerning perception and aesthetics in design [13]. Furthermore, they can contribute to the solution of evergrowing environmental problems by the use of simpler, less hazardous processes.…”