Thinking in
Soft Materials
Kinetic Interactions in Textiles
Our natural world is all about movement, fluidity and change.
Thinking In Soft Materials aims to find out how an inanimate object can mimic those changes that express character and emotions.
+ Material Tinkering, Reimagining materials
+ Guided by Sahil Thappa, Dr Ketan V.
Agenda
What
Making processes that allow interactive surfaces using
soft materials.
Why
Expand the scope of interaction and create new, inquisitive experiences.
How
Manipulating material properties of fabrics through varied techniques.
The 'why' of creating kinetic textiles defines the 'how' and 'what' of this process.
Probe
How can
changing materialities change our experiences ?
Exploring textiles as
living materials.
Exploring Ideas
Deconstructing feelings, movements and experiences
Sensory stimulation, focuses on creating immersive and multi-sensory experiences that engage sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
This provides memorable interactions that counterbalance the uncertainties of the future.
Examples include products and environments featuring tactile materials, dynamic lighting, aromatic elements, all designed to evoke emotional responses and foster deeper connections. This approach aims to enhance overall well-being and create unique, engaging experiences.
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Finding Parallels
J McKeehan
Janet Echelman
A new world of
Escapism
Responsive Materials
Suprises
+ Immersive materials and colours
+ Unknown Worlds
+ Colours have the transformative power to alter our emotional state.
Colour and Material Research
Combining Transluscency
+ Psychedlic colours
Achieving a pallete that is alive through thorough sampling.
Achieving a pallete that is alive.
Experimentation
Calibration
Breathe In, Breathe out - Exploring movement in light.
Calibrating possible movements before prototyping.
The Final Set
Prototyping
Movements like a gush of wind to pulsating hearts and shivering spines to twinkling of stars, lend a certain amount of organic-ness and familiarity to humans.
Behind The Scenes
Tools
Self made tools like nail boards, along with marbles, flour, marbles, paper.
Techniques
Dyeing, felting, Tying, Twisting, Setting,
Simple Origami, Coding.
