1st Edition

Living Interaction Design The Transition Towards Designed Interactive Living Systems for Regenerative Ecologies

332 Pages 49 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 49 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 49 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Bringing together interaction design and the emerging field of biodesign, this book explores the use of living and biofabricated materials in interactive artefacts. As future products become increasingly interactive and complex, careful consideration of their environmental and ethical impacts is more important than ever. While the extraction, production and disposal of materials such as plastics... Read more

1. Environmental impact of electronic and interactive devices  2. Biobased materials for electronic and interactive devices  3. Designed Interactive Living Systems (DILS): Tracing the Path from Foundations to Realworld Applications  4. Towards DILSs: Mapping Interactions with Bio-UX  5. Biolabs: Crossroads of Design, Science, Computing, and Sustainability for DILS 6. Designed Interactive Living Systems (DILS): Toward a Postanthropocentric Vision

 

 

 

 

Biography

Valentina Rognoli is associate professor at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and founder of the Materials Design for Transition research group.

Elena Albergati is currently a PhD candidate in Design at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, involved in research initiatives exploring the role of DILS.

Barbara Pollini is an Italian designer, researcher and educator who is currently assistant professor of Biodesign Integration at Aalto University, Finland.

Carla Langella is an architect and associate professor of Industrial Design at the Department of Architecture (DiARC), University of Naples "Federico II", Italy.