Platino Interfaccia · 2021
Venous Materials Interfaccia fluidica interattiva
by Hila Mor
- A' Design Award di Platino 2021 in Interfaccia
- CLIENT: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
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About Venous Materials Interfaccia fluidica interattiva
Venous Materials è un'interfaccia fluidica interattiva che risponde al tatto e al movimento. Il design si ispira ai sistemi venosi presenti nelle piante, nelle foglie e nel corpo umano. La pressione o la deformazione esercitata dall'utente spinge il liquido attraverso canali interni, generando motivi e colori mutevoli. Ogni campione funziona contemporaneamente come sensore e come display di informazioni tangibili. I prototipi sono realizzati in silicone PDMS e inchiostro ecoline, mediante incisione laser e processi manuali di laboratorio. La maggior parte misura 5 per 5 centimetri, mentre alcuni raggiungono i 15 per 15 centimetri.
About the A' Design Award di Platino
Venous Materials Interfaccia fluidica interattiva ha vinto l'A' Design Award di Platino, un riconoscimento estremamente prestigioso conferito a design davvero eccezionali, eleganti e magnifici. I vincitori di Platino sono meraviglie della creazione, testimonianze dei limiti della creatività intellettuale, e dimostrano l'impareggiabile professionalità e la genialità dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che questi design siano le opere più rinomate, che definiscono l'estetica di un'epoca, contribuiscono al benessere della società e fanno avanzare i confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia. Venous Materials Interfaccia fluidica interattiva mostra un livello di eccellenza trascendente e rende inequivocabilmente il mondo un posto migliore grazie alle sue caratteristiche vantaggiose e preziose. Venous Materials Interfaccia fluidica interattiva è un'opera premiata con l'A' Design Award di Platino che risveglia i desideri, ispira, entusiasma, delizia e suscita grande gioia.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The Venous Materials project envisions a new way to design dynamic tangible interactions using fluidic structures. It is a new type of dynamic interactive material that is inspired by veins systems in nature: in plants, leaves, and throughout the human body. These Materials respond to user's pressure and motion with dynamic displayed patterns. Venous Materials can animate dynamic graphics, create responsive objects, and to visualize body movement and balance.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The different Venous Materials prototypes are mainly 5cmX5cm, while some of them can get up to 15cmX15cm.
- Tags
- Interaction Design, Material research, Dynamic Graphics, Microfluidics, Computational Aided Design, Sensors and Displays, Venous Structures
- Production Technology
- Venous Materials technology developed through research on current Microfluidics,that is specifically designed for human interaction and UX design. A specilized computational tool was developed for the design process and to simulate and visualize of the color change and display of the flow within the material, according to the user input. Production process involves laser engraving and manual lab processes. Materials used are PDMS silicone and ecoline ink.
- Design Challenge
- While current computer chips and electronics usually require rigid and bulky components that challenges the integration with varied objects or fabrics, Venous Materials is soft and self-contained mechanism that utilizes the motion of daily activities as its energy source. Design of micro-fluid dynamics is not intuitive task, our approach and computational tool allows the design, simulation, and prototyping of fluidic interactive sensors that can be embedded in, or attached to, any object.
- Research
- This work present design and fabrication methods for interactive fluidic mechanisms that respond to deformation by mechanical inputs from the user. The Venous design tool provides designers with a simple way to create and validate designs of fluidic structures. It allows users to design the geometry, and simulate the flow with intended mechanical force dynamically. This leads to Interactive applications of Venous Materials, to augment human movement and everyday objects.
- Inspiration
- This project is inspired by venous structures that are ubiquitous throughout nature and in the human body. By changing colors, veins can inform us of internal and external physical conditions. For example, veins in leaves transmit pigments that drive color change, which informs us of the internal condition of the leaf and which season it is. When we press firmly on a button, the tip of our finger changes its color, this subtle color change can be used to indicate the applied pressure.
- Project Duration
- The project started June 2019 and finished April 2020 in Cambridge, MA, at the MIT Media Lab, Tangible Media group
- Operation Flow
- The displayed flow pattern and color change of the fluidic channels within Venous Materials inform the users of the motion and physical force that is applied on the material. The users can interact with Venous Materials by deforming or applying pressure on the material, which drives the fluid flow within the internal channels to visualize the dynamic responsive display. Therefore, Venous Materials simultaneously functions as a sensor and display of tangible information.
- Patents
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Tangible Media Group / MIT Media Lab - Image Credits
- All Photo/video credit to Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
