AnimaTo: Designing a Multimorphic Textile Artefact for Performativity

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Abstract

Multimorphic textile-forms, obtained through simultaneous thinking of material and form that change in design and/or use time, have the potential to elicit diverse performances in the use of textile artefacts, thereby extending their relevance in our everyday lives. We present AnimaTo, a multimorphic textile artefact designed for performativity that reacts to water exposure via the shrinking and dissolving of its fibres. Adopting a material-driven design approach, we engaged in material tinkering with these qualities to achieve changes in the texture, size, and shape of AnimaTo. Following this exploration, we conducted a pilot study to gain insights into AnimaTo's temporal behaviour and performativity in use. In the further development of the artefact, we highlight the challenges that arise in producing high-fidelity prototypes. This work grants insights into how designers can tune material, form, and temporal qualities of textile artefacts towards multiplicity of use and prolonged user-textile relationships.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDIS '24
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
EditorsAnna Vallgårda, Li Jönsson, Jonas Fritsch, Sarah Fdili Alaoui, Christopher A. Le Dantec
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherACM
Pages20-34
Number of pages15
ISBN (Print)979-8-4007-0583-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’24) - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: 1 Jul 20245 Jul 2024

Conference

Conference2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS ’24)
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period1/07/245/07/24

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Keywords

  • HCI textiles
  • material-driven design
  • materials experience
  • multimorphic textile-form
  • performativity

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