Advanced cardboard modeling: exploring the aesthetics of the third way

  • Authors:
  • Joep Frens;Lukas van Campenhout

  • Affiliations:
  • Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands;University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

This studio revolves around the exploration of (tangible and actuated) interactive products and systems by means of physical sketching and prototyping. It is a hands-on studio where cardboard modeling techniques are combined with Arduino controlled sensors and actuators (the advanced cardboard modeling platform) to explore the notion of 'the aesthetics of the third way'. The 'aesthetics of the third way' recognizes different approaches to 'dematerialization' (the process of the physical becoming digital, e.g., LPs and CDs become digital files and loose the physical media) and tries to balance the qualities of both the physical and the digital in a new manner. In this workshop we both aim to acquaint participants with a new, low threshold platform for exploration as give them insight in -and a vocabulary of the 'third way. The studio lasts the whole day -- a six hour time slot.