A growing number of HCI scholars have started to take materiality as an entry point for
acquiring a deeper understanding of the possibilities and constraints of design. Steadily …

Biodesign suggests the integration of living organisms, such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and
plants, into design, prevalently as material sources. Designers mobilize livingness of …

Computational composite is introduced as a new type of composite material. Arguing that
this is not just a metaphorical maneuver, we provide an analysis of computational …

Flavobacteria, which can be found in marine environments, are able to grow in highly
organized colonies producing vivid iridescent colorations. While much is known about the …

The computer is no longer the center of attention. Thus, what we design is no longer the
interface to the computer. Rather, what we design is a thing or an environment in which a …

Technology embeddedness in HCI textiles has great potential for enabling novel
interactions and enriched experiences, but unless carefully designed, could inadvertently …

This paper describes an eighteen-month ethnography of timber framing at a tiny house
construction program in Port Townsend, Washington. This case exposes the intricate …

This paper aims to provide first insights into flash characteristics of bioluminescent
microalgae as a potential media for future living light interfaces. A growing number of HCI …

Though information is popularly, and often academically, understood to be immaterial,
nonetheless, we only encounter it in material forms, in books, on laptops, in our brains, in …

Over the past years, product designers have been involved in collaborative developments of
smart material composites early on in the development process, to showcase creative …