Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material by Hila Mor

Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material by Hila Mor is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kumush Mukofoti in G'oya va Kontseptual Dizayn Competition Category.

KumushG'oya· 2021

Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material

by Hila Mor

Client: Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab

A' Design Award Kumush Mukofoti Winner in G'oya Category

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The Design

About Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material

Venous Materials — bu teginishga javoban dinamik naqshlarni namoyish etadigan yumshoq interaktiv material. Dizayn o'simliklar, barglar va inson tanasida uchraydigan tomir tuzilmalaridan ilhomlangan. Bosim yoki deformatsiya qo'llanilganda suyuqlik ichki kanallar orqali harakatlanib, rang va naqshning ko'zga ko'rinadigan o'zgarishlarini yuzaga keltiradi. Har bir varaq ham sensor, ham aniq ma'lumotni namoyish etuvchi ekran vazifasini bajaradi. Material PDMS silikoni va ecoline siyohidan tayyorlangan bo'lib, lazerli o'ymakorlik hamda qo'lda laboratoriya jarayonlaridan foydalaniladi. Prototiplar 5 ga 5 santimetrdan 15 ga 15 santimetrgacha o'lchamlarda ishlab chiqilgan.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kumush Mukofoti

Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material A' Design Award Kumush Mukofotining g‘olibi bo‘lib, bu go‘zal, ulug‘vor va ta’sirchan eng yuqori darajadagi dizaynlarga beriladigan favqulodda nufuzli e’tirofdir. Kumush g‘oliblari o‘z dizaynerlarining ajoyib mahorati, iste’dodi va o‘tkirligini ko‘rsatuvchi juda yorqin va o‘ta ijodiy asarlardir. Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material ajoyib, namunaviy, diqqatga sazovor darajada kasbiy va chuqur innovatsion asar bo‘lishi kutiladi. A' Design Award Kumush Mukofotini qo‘lga kiritgan ushbu dizayn san’at, fan, dizayn va texnologiya chegaralarini kengaytiruvchi juda e’tiborga loyiq, tahsinga sazovor ixtirodir. Venous Materials Primary Function: Interaktiv material ko‘pchilik havas qiladigan, istaklarni uyg‘otadigan, ijobiy tuyg‘ular olib keladigan hamda hayrat va ajablanish uyg‘otadigan ijoddir.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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
Team Members: Hila Mor
Tianyu Yu
Ken Nakagaki
Benjamin Harvey Miller
Yichen Jia
Hiroshi Ishii
Image Credits: All Photo/video credit to Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab