The Making of Performativity in Designing [with] Smart Material Composites
summary
Argues that smart materials are usefully framed as underdeveloped composites and shows hands-on design tactics that deliberately disrupt affordances to reveal latent behaviors. Uses off‑the‑shelf electroluminescent (EL) films and panels plus screen‑printing, ovens, sensors and modified inverters. Reports four disruption levels — matter, structure, form, computation — and concrete outcomes: liquid conductors that light with water, split layers that only glow when pressed together, serpentine electrodes and bumped arrays that route light, and a twist‑responsive cylinder with an internal light sensor — all working as described.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 6:27Electroluminescent Material Samples
- 7:39Material Driven Design Approach
- 8:59Matter Level
- 10:27Examples of Form Related Explorations
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