Abstract
This paper presents material-driven exploration at the intersection between transforming rigid materials by cutting techniques and applying conductive substrates to the transformed material sheet. Kirisense is a simple design technique that adds deformability and interactive capability to thick and rigid prototyping materials such as plywood and chipboard. Our investigation identified six cutting patterns with variable parameters that influence the flexible and bendable behaviors generated and encoded them as a design editor to assist designers. We introduce a step-by-step process of augmenting rigid materials by combining them with a conductive substrate (carbon- or nickel- paint or spray) and applying a custom cutting pattern using the editor. A co-design workshop with ten design students is conducted to collaboratively explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the proposed process. Through this exploration, we demonstrate that Kirisense enables expanding the creative potential of using rigid sheet materials for designers.
Keywords
Computational craft, tangible user interface, interaction design
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.708
Citation
Talyan, A., Cheng, T., Wang, W., Zheng, C.,and Oh, H.(2023) Kirisense: making rigid materials bendable and functional, in De Sainz Molestina, D., Galluzzo, L., Rizzo, F., Spallazzo, D. (eds.), IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2023.708
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Kirisense: making rigid materials bendable and functional
This paper presents material-driven exploration at the intersection between transforming rigid materials by cutting techniques and applying conductive substrates to the transformed material sheet. Kirisense is a simple design technique that adds deformability and interactive capability to thick and rigid prototyping materials such as plywood and chipboard. Our investigation identified six cutting patterns with variable parameters that influence the flexible and bendable behaviors generated and encoded them as a design editor to assist designers. We introduce a step-by-step process of augmenting rigid materials by combining them with a conductive substrate (carbon- or nickel- paint or spray) and applying a custom cutting pattern using the editor. A co-design workshop with ten design students is conducted to collaboratively explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the proposed process. Through this exploration, we demonstrate that Kirisense enables expanding the creative potential of using rigid sheet materials for designers.