Radically Relational

Using Textiles As A Platform To Develop Methods For Embodied Design processes

Conference paper (2017)

Authors

B.B. Petreca Centro Universitario Belas Artes de Sao Paulo, Royal College of Art, Emerging Materials - IDE
Carmem Saito University of the Arts Bremen
Xuemei Yu University College London
Nadia Berthouze University College London
Andy Brown BBC Research & Development
Maxine Glancy BBC Research & Development
Sharon Baurley Zürich University of the Arts, Royal College of Art
Research Group
Emerging Materials (IDE) (TU Delft)
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Department

Sustainable Design Engineering

Research Group

Emerging Materials

Abstract


This position paper builds on textiles as a metaphor to explore the experiential knowledge observed through embodied design processes. In order to build understanding, we have tailored our tools and methods to support our explorations so far. As literature shows articulating our sensory experiences with materials is a challenging task. In order to support our investigations, in this paper we present a reflection on our diverse approaches to introduce tools that support us in interrogating how designers relate with materials, particularly textiles, and use their sensorial body to experience them during the creative process. We build on our previous research that identified relevant embodied process to textile selection, and reflect on how we have explored how sensing technology can augment and empower each of these phases, to support the design process. We conclude by discussing the learning outcomes from introducing such tools, in order to reflect on the future of our research.









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