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Livingness and living artefacts in design process
No full textThis chapter explores the concept of livingness in design, particularly
through the creation of living artefacts – objects that
integrate life-like qualities using natural, engineered, and programmable
materials. By leveraging insights from several scholars
exploiting livingness from different disciplines spanning
from biology to design and human-computer interaction and the
results of the Erasmus+ DATEMATS1 project, the author proposes
a refined framework for designing with living materials, grounded
in the. Additionally, a discussion from semi-structured interviews
with designers and researchers, reflecting on the challenges,
opportunities, and implications of integrating livingness into design,
follows. The study contributes to advancing sustainable and
regenerative design practices by redefining interactions between
humans, materials, and the environment. The framework presented
has also been tested and validated in three design workshops
A Logical Framework for designing with and for Emerging Materials and Technologies (EM&Ts)
No full textWhat do we need to design innovative teaching methods for ICS Materials in wearable domain?
No full textDesigning with and for Emerging Materials: Framework, Tools, and Context of a Unique Design Method
Full text linkThe present chapter describes the unique design (teaching) method developed within the European Project DATEMATS by providing a framework to design with and for new materials, educate future designers, and give them the right knowledge to take advantage of the whole spectrum of opportunities (i.e., meaning and performance) offered by EM&Ts. It firstly depicts the core knowledge at the base of new Emerging Materials and Technologies (EM&Ts), namely: Interactive Connected Smart Materials, wearable based (ICS), Nanomaterials, Advanced Growing Materials, and Experimental Wood-Based Materials. It then provides the theoretical findings of a literature review carried out to perimeter the peculiarities of the four areas, the used approaches, and methodologies; the results of a collaborative workshop aimed at re-elaborating the findings of the literature review and setting the ground for the contents of the original framework for designing and teaching EM&Ts. It finally displays the result of both the literature review and the collaborative workshop in the form of the unique method divided into three phases (understanding, shaping, and applying). It will also include a section dedicated to the tools elaborated to support the method, such as a material toolkit and integration cards. A discussion closes the text by showing the pro and cons of the new method and its further development
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