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The functional aesthetic of folding, self-similar interactions

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Matthew Gardiner,

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TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2148131.2148134

Published: 19 February 2012 Publication History

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We discuss a field of research concerned with the discovery and realisation of folded patterns with kinetic properties, and the design of organic experience metaphors. Since the coining of the term Oribotics in 2003, a literal conjunction of the Japanese word ORU--to fold-- and bot--a contraction of robot--this practice-based-research has delivered six successive artworks that iteratively deal with the subject of a flower that folds closed, unfolds to open. This paper will discuss the primary aesthetic function of folding and unfolding, the importance of materials, and the process of critically addressing and refining the tangible interaction over successive years and generations of Oribots. We will conclude with the advances made in the 2010 generation.

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The functional aesthetic of folding, self-similar interactions
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping

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TEI '12: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction

February 2012

413 pages

ISBN:9781450311748

DOI:10.1145/2148131

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Queen's University, Canada
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Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Sweden
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Carleton University, Canada
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

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Kaihou TWakita ANijholt AKretzer MMinuto AGiusti L(2013)Electronic origami with the color-changing functionProceedings of the second international workshop on Smart material interfaces: another step to a material future10.1145/2534688.2534690(7-12)Online publication date: 13-Dec-2013
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Zhu KZhao SMackay WBrewster SBødker S(2013)AutoGamiProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/2470654.2470748(661-670)Online publication date: 27-Apr-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2470654.2470748

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