Platí Interfície · 2021
Venous Materials Interfície Fluídica Interactiva
by Hila Mor
- A' Design Award de Platí 2021 in Interfície
- CLIENT: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 231,783
- Verification code 38F8E8A0B1 · Verify this award
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About Venous Materials Interfície Fluídica Interactiva
Venous Materials és una interfície fluídica interactiva que respon al tacte i al moviment. El disseny s'inspira en els sistemes de venes que es troben a les plantes, les fulles i el cos humà. La pressió o la deformació aplicada per l'usuari fa circular el líquid a través de canals interns, produint patrons i colors canviants. Cada mostra funciona alhora com a sensor i com a pantalla d'informació tangible. Els prototips estan fets de silicona PDMS i tinta ecoline, mitjançant gravat làser i processos manuals de laboratori. La majoria mesuren 5 per 5 centímetres, i alguns arriben als 15 per 15 centímetres.
About the A' Design Award de Platí
Venous Materials Interfície Fluídica Interactiva és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Platí, un reconeixement sumament prestigiós concedit a dissenys veritablement excepcionals, elegants i magnífics. Els guanyadors de Platí són meravelles de la creació, testimonis dels límits de la creativitat intel·lectual, i demostren la professionalitat inigualable i el geni dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que aquests dissenys siguin les obres més reconegudes, que defineixen l'estètica d'una època, contribueixen al benestar de la societat i fan avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Venous Materials Interfície Fluídica Interactiva exhibeix un nivell transcendent d'excel·lència i, sense cap mena de dubte, fa del món un lloc millor amb les seves característiques avantatjoses i valuoses. Venous Materials Interfície Fluídica Interactiva és una obra guanyadora del guardó A' Design Award de Platí que desperta anhels, inspira, delecta i fa sorgir una gran alegria.
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- 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
