Contents
List of Contributors xi
Biographies xv
Foreword xix
Preface xxiii
Chapter 1. Expanding territories of materials and design 1
Owain Pedgley, Valentina Rognoli and Elvin Karana
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Expanding territories 4
1.3 Where next? 10
References 10
Chapter 2. How new materials speak: analyzing the language of emerging materials in architecture 13
Blaine Brownell
2.1 Introduction 13
2.2 Emerging materials 15
2.3 The language of materials 16
2.4 Establishing a dialog 18
2.5 Common materials, uncommon applications 21
2.6 Uncommon materials, common applications 23
2.7 Uncommon materials, uncommon applications 25
2.8 Advancing material linguistics 27
References 30
Chapter 3. Experiential craft: knowing through analog and digital materials experience 33
Nithikul Nimkulrat
3.1 Introduction: crafting with analog and digital materials 33
3.2 Three concepts of materials experience: materialness, material-driven design, and material agency 34
3.3 Handcrafting through digital tools 37
3.4 Material engagement in digital fabrication 39
3.5 Gestural crafting in virtual reality 43
3.6 Translational craft: when digital meets analog materials experience 44
3.7 Discussion: knowing through analog and digital materials experience 47
Acknowledgments 50
References 51
Chapter 4. Digital crafting: a new frontier for material design 53
Manuel Kretzer
4.1 Introduction 53
4.2 A brief history of digital design and fabrication 55
4.3 The digital continuum 56
4.4 Individual production 58
4.5 Toward a new esthetics 59
4.6 Digital crafting in educational practice 61
Acknowledgments 65
References 65
Chapter 5. Surface texture as a designed material-product attribute 67
Bahar Sener and Owain Pedgley
5.1 Introduction 67
5.2 Texture interpretations 68
5.3 Visual versus tactile texture 70
5.4 Micro- versus macro-texture 73
5.5 Inherent texture versus texturization 74
5.6 Surface texture roadmap 76
5.7 Functional texture 76
5.8 Discussion and conclusions 81
5.9 Conclusion 84
Acknowledgments 84
References 85
Chapter 6. Material change: transforming experience 89
Debra Lilley and Ben Bridgens
6.1 Introduction 89
6.2 The interaction of material change and material experience 91
6.3 Material change as a design strategy 98
6.4 Conclusion 100
References 101
Around The Corner: Recent and Ongoing Projects in Materials and Design
Project 1. Design touch matters: bending and stretching the potentials of smart material composites 105
Bahareh Barati
Project 2. Design for hybrid material systems: a material augmentation framework for meaningful experiences 111
Stefano Parisi
Project 3. An investigation of the esthetics and technologies of photochromic textiles 117
Dilusha Rajapakse
Project 4. Reflective weaving practice in smart textile material development process 123
Emmi Anna Maria Pouta and Jussi Ville Mikkonen
Project 5. Sound as a project requirement: evolution of an experimental tool for psychoacoustic evaluation of materials in architecture and design 127
Doriana Dal Palu
Project 6. Animated puppet skin design: material narratives in visually experienced objects 131
Vincenzo Maselli
Project 7. Material visualization and perception in virtual environments 135
Mutian Niu
Project 8. End-of-life care through design: visualizing places of death 141
Michelle Knox
Project 9. Material experiences of menstruation through symbiotic technologies 147
Marie Louise Juul Sqndergaard, Ozgun Kilic Afsar and Madeline Balaam
Project 10. The salt material house project: designing for death 153
SunMin May Hwang
Project 11. Reflecting on material interactions as a way of being with the world 159
Bilge Merve Aktas and Camilla Groth
Project 12. Beyond biomimicry: developing a living building realm for a postanthropocene era 163
Assia Stefanova
Project 13. Healing materialities from a biodesign perspective 167
Barbara Pollini
Project 14. Demonstrating a material making process through the cultivation of fungal growth 171
Dilan Ozkan
Project 15. Malfunction, maintenance, and materials 175
Alexandra Karakas
Project 16. Open-Ended Design: how to intentionally support change by designing with imperfection 179
Francesca Ostuzzi
Project 17. Material information platform for designing environmentally friendly products 183
Indji Selim
Project 18. Material education in design: engaging material experimentation and speculation 189
Ziyu Zhou
Chapter 7. A renewed recognition of the materiality of design in a circular economy: the case of bio-based plastics 193
Conny Bakker and Ruud Balkenende
7.1 Introduction 193
7.2 Bio-based and biodegradable plastics: a short review 194
7.3 Circular economy 198
7.4 Designing with bio-based polymers in a circular economy: opportunities and challenges 203
7.5 Conclusion 204
References 205
Chapter 8. Biotextiles: making textiles in a context of climate and biodiversity emergency 207
Carole Collet
8.1 Introduction 207
8.2 Textile material innovation in an environmental crisis context 208
8.3 Textile innovation in the context of the emergence of biodesign 212
8.4 Strategies for designing textiles with living systems 214
8.5 Conclusion 224
References 224
Chapter 9. Defining the DIY-Materials approach 227
Valentina Rognoli and Camilo Ayala-Garcia
9.1 The DIY-Materials phenomenon 228
9.2 DIY-Materials: theoretical foundations 230
9.3 DIY-Materials cases: collection and classification 235
9.4 DIY-Materials classification: the five kingdoms 238
9.5 Interrelationships between kingdoms and their updated definition 251
Acknowledgments 254
References 254
Chapter 10. Design and science: a pathway for material design 259
Carla Langella
10.1 Intersections between design and science 259
10.2 Divergences and convergences 261
10.3 The evolution of the relationship between design and materials science 264
10.4 The new material experience generated by the intersection between design and science 268
10.5 Conclusion 275
Acknowledgments 275
References 276
Chapter 11. Materialdesign: design with designed materials 279
Markus Holzbach
11.1 Introduction 279
11.2 Design with designed materials 280
11.3 Sensitive properties 281
11.4 Informed materials 282
11.5 Institute for Materialdesign IMD case studies 283
11.6 Hybrid—material, properties, …, communication 293
11.7 Nomenclature_Interdependence and In-Between 295
11.8 Outlook 296
References 297
Index 299