{"id":444,"date":"2017-10-09T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T15:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/everydayfutures\/?page_id=444"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:20:14","slug":"artefact-blogs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/everydayfutures\/resources\/artefact-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Workshop. Artefact Blogs Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smellscapes<\/em>
\nNicola Spurling and Jyoti Kapur
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UnderAir<\/em>
\nKarin Niemantsverdriet and lva Resetar
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The Electricity Thief<\/em>
\nRamyah Gowrishankar and Robin Smale
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Transforming Clothes<\/em>
\nSvenja Keune and Irene Maldini
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Zero G\u00b0 Choreographies<\/em>
\nTroy Nachtigall and Jacqueline Naismith
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Communication device<\/em>
\nJill Ebrey and Sara Lundberg
\nabstract<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 full text [expected soon]<\/p>\n

Air Quality Bracelet<\/em>
\nTim Chatterton and Bastian Beyer
\nabstract<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 full text<\/a><\/p>\n

Charge up your body<\/em>
\nAna Pi\u00f1eyro and\u00a0Heather Leslie
\nabstract<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 full text [expected soon]<\/p>\n

Objects that withdraw<\/em>
\nIohanna Nicenboim and Daniel Suarez
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Space2Go<\/em>
\nMarina Castan and Marie Heidingsfelder
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Artificial hug<\/em>
\nAna In\u00eas Rodriguez and Elena Syurina
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The Breathing Mirror<\/em>
\nAdrian Clear and\u00a0Juste Peciulyte
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Empathy Tree<\/em>
\nKim Kullman and\u00a0Vidmina Stasiulyte
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Smellscapes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nicola Spurling (Department of Sociology, Lancaster University), Jyoti Kapur\u00a0(Swedish School of Textiles, Bor\u00e5s)<\/h4>\n

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What if we are confronted with unfamiliar smellscapes in our homes, neighbourhoods, workplaces and cities? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given the cultural conditioning of the senses, the smellscapes of everyday life (in homes, neighbourhoods, workplaces and cities) play an important part ineveryday experiences, emotions and encounters. Increased global mobility and climate change mean that unfamiliar smells are met more frequently, integrating with and altering the taken-for-granted smellscapes of our lives.<\/p>\n

How do people of different cultures negotiate unfamiliar smells in a variety of settings? What emotions do scents \u2018in and out of place\u2019 evoke? What memories, knowledge and moral judgements are used to understand smells? What vocabulary is used to describe these experiences?<\/p>\n

Everyday materialities are visible and invisible. Our visible research artefact (the charm bracelet) produces invisible research artefacts (the smells). Controlled remotely by an app, the smells enter different spaces and social contexts, at different times, for different durations. The object\u2019s mobility is integral to the question which it poses.<\/p>\n

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UnderAir<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Karin Niemantsverdriet (Department of Industrial Design, TU Eindhoven), Iva Re\u0161etar (Design Research Lab, UdK Berlin)<\/h4>\n

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What if you were wearing your climate on your skin? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AirTight is a wearable climate prototype, acting in the space between skin and clothes through interconnected chambers of pressurized air. Warm and cold air circulates through the pneumatic vessels, resulting in surprising bodily sensations and appearances. Sometimes, a burst of fresh air makes a breeze on your skin. At other times, an unexpected pressure accumulates behind your back, and someone needs to rub off for you.<\/p>\n

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Electricity Thief<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ramyah Gowrishankar (Design Research Lab, UdK Berlin), Robin Smale (Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University)<\/h4>\n

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What if\u2026 we could engage with electricity in a tangible way? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Electricity plays a crucial role in facilitating our (future) daily activities. Yet, it is one of our most taken-for-granted resources. Humans cannot sense electricity; to compensate, our research artefact interacts with the electricity we use in our homes every day.<\/p>\n

The Electricity Thief \u2018travels\u2019 around the home, rubbing against surfaces, and \u2018grows\u2019 slowly by converting ambient electricity into movement and inflation. Imagine a family in the near future discussing why the Electricity Parasite grew so large in the living room \u2013 the artefact triggers engagement the electricity as a resource which is always present around us.<\/p>\n

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Transforming Clothes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Svenja Keune (Swedish School of Textiles, Bor\u00e5s), Irene Maldini (CREATE-IT\/AMFI, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, VU Amsterdam)<\/h4>\n

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What if clothes were designed as seeds? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seeds embody an inherent potential to transform into plants with specific characteristics (shape, colour, presence of flowers and\/or fruits, etc.) when influenced by external factors such as humidity, light and temperature. Following this concept, we pose the question: what if clothing had alternative, planned configurations during use, rather than degrading?<\/p>\n

This inquiry is embedded in a garment that transforms in contact with water, sunlight and friction (use). Water dissolves the supporting structure of the embroidery, revealing the underlying fabric and the dynamic expressions of the embroidered lines, which change from straight and static to organic and dynamic. Sunlight changes the colour of these lines. Finally, engravings become incisions during use, changing the shape of the garment.<\/p>\n

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Zero G\u00b0 Choreographies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Troy Nachtigall (Department of Industrial Design, TU Eindhoven), Jacqueline Naismith (College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington)<\/h4>\n

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What if physical interaction in zero gravity was an everyday occurrence? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Zero G\u00b0 Suit asks how might we communicate position, direction and acceleration as we engage with others in zero g\u00b0 or alt.g\u00b0 environments. Movement In zero g is complicated. This requires new codes of interaction in relation to intended direction, physical interaction and personal space.<\/p>\n

We used uniquely reflective and iridescent materials to explore questions that ask how we might non verbally communicate as we float in, around and across each other in these environments. Design decisions involving materials allow for a nuanced system of communication while retaining a high level of aesthetic appeal.<\/p>\n

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Communication device<\/h2>\n

Jill Ebrey (University of Manchester),\u00a0Sara Lundberg (Swedish School of Textiles, Bor\u00e5s)<\/h4>\n

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What if we were able to communicate without a spoken language? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the future, cyber attacks, have broken down the data world. Humans have difficulty in communicating face to face and so need an aid to communication. Climate change makes migration more probable, so we set out to explore communication between strangers, and the struggle for democracy and inclusion in an increasingly polarised world.<\/p>\n

The tool will mimic the old school communication of smart phones as it may be a similar size. The device has the possibility of its users developing a new language. It could be used as a conversation piece, a starter of conversations or to begin a game between a group of people, each altering the arrangement of elastic bands on the cog as it was passed around. It might be used to tell stories around a circle of friends or strangers.<\/p>\n

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Air Quality Bracelet<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tim Chatterton (Air Quality Management Resource Centre, University of the West of England, Bristol), Bastian Beyer (RCA London)<\/h4>\n

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What if people could sense the air pollution around them? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lack of public awareness of air pollution has allowed Government policies and societal activities to increase levels of pollutants over the last two decades. Unlike the smogs of the 1950s, modern air pollution can rarely be seen, and is much more toxic.<\/p>\n

By using haptic communication about nearby air quality, this bracelet seeks to make invisible air pollution tangible to the wearer. Whilst providing information that may facilitate health preserving behaviour change at the level of the individual, the broader aim is to stimulate wider understanding of the nature of pollution and create pressure for political and social change.<\/p>\n

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Charge up your body<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ana Pi\u00f1eyro (RCA London),\u00a0Heather Leslie (Department of Environment and Health, VU Amsterdam)<\/h4>\n

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What if we could charge up our physical bodies and share energy via textiles? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We interconnect ourselves through movement with torsional materials to give and get energy: kinetic, potential, mechanical, and sources we will have discovered in the everyday future. This energy is enabled by the torsion and chemistries of the textile structures combined with the power of our bodies that is shared in a public space.<\/p>\n

This artefact invites us to add, collect, store, use and especially share energy that comes and goes in forms that are intuitive and counterintuitive, and \u00a0beyond the imagination unless revealed by the interaction between a living thing and the energetic textile. Don\u2019t just charge up your phone, charge up your body and your universe!<\/p>\n

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Objects that withdraw<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Iohanna Nicenboim (Department of Industrial Design, TU Delft), Daniel Suarez (Berlin University of the Arts)<\/h4>\n

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Thanks to advancements in digital fabrication, the Internet of Things, and object recognition, everyday objects are enhanced with 3D vision, and become their own design researchers: They can optimize their shape according to use, automatically implementing changes in the next generation.<\/p>\n

However, a virus spreads in digital fabrication codes, changing the shape of new objects, allowing them to be invisible from other Things. The virus, which originated from a glitch, spreads rapidly by mutating\u00a0according to how they are seen by any other Thing in the house. Very quickly, every object become unique and impossible to capture.<\/p>\n

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Space2Go<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Marina Castan (RCA London), Marie Heidingsfelder (Fraunhofer CeRRI, Berlin)<\/h4>\n

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The concept of intimacy is closely linked to the private sphere. Hence, new technologies make intimacy portable: using your smartphone, you can have important and emotional conversations while crossing a public space or while sitting at a train station. In these moments,you might wish to have your own physical space around you \u2013 a portable space that gives you a shelter and allows you to concentrate on private and intimate questions.<\/p>\n

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Artificial Hug<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ana In\u00eas Rodrigues (Heriot Watt University in Galashiels, Scotland), Elena Syurina (Mental health and Global Health, VU Amsterdam)<\/h4>\n

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We are connected by technology, but also increasingly alienated and physically disconnected. This is linked to mental health, which is a complex thing. One of the most occurring problems is anxiety (closely linked to stress). This can be detected with heart-rate sensors and EDA sensors. But detecting stress alone is not enough, we need a solution. That is why we came up with the concept of \u2018artificial hug\u2019. This is a comforting soft sensor artefact that serves several purposes: it detects anxious states of an individual; provides neurofeedback; and, offers a way to reduce anxiety, by engaging a \u201chug\u201d mechanism.<\/p>\n

But, what is a human hug? What makes it good? Is it the same for everyone? Will artefacts be able to substitute hugs? and if so, what kind of effects on humans and social relationships could this have?<\/p>\n

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The Breathing Mirror<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Juste Peciulyte (Vilnius Academy Of Art), Adrian Clear (Department of Computer and Information Sciences at Northumbria University)<\/h4>\n

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What if the air in our home could reveal its quality to us? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Breathing Mirror is part of a future where the invisible atmosphere in our homes that is critical for our health (particularly in a more polluted world) is measured and monitored with sensors. The Breathing Mirror makes this visible through light. LEDs around the edge of the mirror light up becoming brighter and dimmer in a way that suggests breathing. The rhythm of this change varies according to the level of pollution (for example, CO2 or particulate matter) that is measured in the home. The mirror not only interacts with this virtual data, but it also interacts with the physical environment. It is coated in a material that accumulates dust from the environment. This has a visible effect when the LEDs light up, but also when natural or artificial light from the environment is shone on it.<\/p>\n

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Empathy Tree<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Vidmina Stasiulyte (Swedish School of Textiles, Bor\u00e5s), Kim Kullman (Department of Geography, Open University, London)<\/h4>\n

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What if we could cultivate our empathic abilities by sensing like a tree? <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Empathy tree is a family heirloom, consisting of jewellery and memories, which are passed from one generation to another. It invites families to care for a tree and also to collect and share \u2018tree stories\u2019 to remind each other of the intertwined character of the personal and environmental.<\/p>\n

Empathy tree is a bio-sensing device that invites the user to feel the world through a tree and to become aware of the profound involvement of humans and nonhumans. It can be placed anywhere on the body, where it produces haptic and sonic effects from the electronic signals it receives from sensors attached to a single tree.<\/p>\n

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