TOPIC: Embodied Fabrication (or Data Driven Ortheses)
The course proposes an examination and speculation of technologies as they related to Embodied Interaction : mobile computing, wearable interfaces, location-based interactions and digital fabrication...
This examination covers societal, ethical and social influences.
This year, the course puts an emphasis on 'Embodied Fabrication', where digital fabrication is approached from the perspective of embodiment.
With more flexible and more accessible modes of fabrication, and with social aspects of fabrication emerging in recent years, we have the opportunity to investigate ways that we can transform our physical selves and environments.
During this module, we'll uncover some of these possibilities by designing and informing body orthotics with personal data.
Topics may include:
• material intimacy
• processes of fabrication / physical interactions that impact digital fabrication
• wearability
• performative aspects
Research questions:
What does interaction Design bring to the topic of Digital Fabrication?
How can the theory of embodied interaction influence digital fabrication processes?
Can the outcome of the fabrication reflect the theory of embodiment?
What tools/technology can be used to facilitate this process?
How can data be visualised in physical form? Can the data be understood, or is it a purely aesthetic output?
Embodied Interaction: Exploring the Foundations of a New Approach to HCI
Creating physical visualizations with makervis
Supporting the design and fabrication of physical visualizations
Rhino
Grashopper
Arduino wireless sensor kit
Look for sources of body data from the realworld. What traces do we leave behind that give us indications about our movements or vital signs or emotions?
Record videos or take photos to indicate and attemp to extract the data from the source.
Pressentation: max 5 minutes
Group or individual work
Use Data-Colection, Generative Design Methods and Digital Fabrication to create a Data Driven Orthesis.
Pressenataion Format: Exihibition of Experiments and Final Protypes together with a verbal pressenation.
Presentation on: 14.12.2017
Documenation Format: PDF
Groups of three Students
Kick off Exercise: finding data analog / digital
Ideation - speed dating
Looking for datasorces
Exercise: Finding a concept
Teams:
Team 1: Adonis Bou Chakra, Maude Kyra Alexandra Richner, Enea Francesco Ingellis
Team 2: Lara Natalia Hänny, Fabrice Spahn, Andreas Dobler
Team 3: Mariana Pote, Jonatan Wetter, Alexander Blaschek
Team 4: Severin Candrian, Claudio Rainolter, Nadine Cocina
Team 5: Fernando Obieta, Gabriel Bach, Nadine Prigann
Embodied Fabrication Preliminary notes
Embodiment & Fabrication
Topic in relation to Wearables
Personal Data
Pedagogy
What does interaction Design bring to the topic of Digital Fabrication?
How can the theory of embodied influence digital fabrication processes?
Can the outcome of the fabrication reflect the theory of embodiment?
What tools/technology can be used to facilitate this process?
How cad data be visualised in physical form? Can the data be read, or is transformed purely into an aesthetic output?
Tools and Inspiration:
I've ordered the breathing radar sensor from xethru, which might be interesting tool for collecting vital functions data (Luke)
Possible collaboration partners:
Could be an interesting contact for looking at motion/performance as an input for generating form. (Luke)
Hope you're well. Something you might be interested in - I met with director/choreographer Saar Magal recently, she's preparing for a new theater piece and and is interested in tracking movement and sound from performers and visualising it in real-time. The look/function is open, the interesting thing would be the possibility to project the visualisation back into a live performance. She seems open to ideas, and will be holding workshops with her performers to test out ideas later this year. I thought i'd put you in touch in case it fits somehow with what you or the students are doing.
Students experiment a process in a Triangle : data collection / data mapping / fabrication
Focus on a methodology / pedagogy tool that students can reuse after (toolkit)
Pedagogical framework
how to start the creative process: with a problem, question or just with the desire to work with a specific dataset, or with an end result in mind
at least give a context to start the creative process: body/wearables/prosthetics/additional body parts
what do I need to mine/survey for a week to find the right extra body part I need
Assignment:
Possible titles
Data collection (week 1):
Inputs:
Data mapping (week 2)
Inputs:
Fabrication (week 3 / week 4)
Inputs:
Software/Technology