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Judit Eszter Kárpáti
SOFT INTERFACES - Material Innovation

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest
applied arts
Doctoral School of Moholy-Nagy Univerity of Art and Design Budapest

Thesis supervisor: Judit Eszter Kárpáti
Location of studies (in Hungarian): MOME, 2021 Budapest, Zugligeti út 9-25
Abbreviation of location of studies: MOME


Description of the research topic:

The DLA project will involve practice-based research methodology and experimental prototyping, generating experiential knowledge alongside literature review work.

Mixed media - tech textile / fashion:
• Augmented Materials
• Human-material interaction
• Interdisciplinary Material Thinking
• Tangible embedded and embodied interaction
• Textiles, Sound, Spaces
• Reactive Textile Structures
• Sonic interaction design
• Dynamic surfaces
• Phygital experience
• Hybrid materiality
• Digital fabrication
• Sensor and actuator technology
• Electronic textiles, Embedded electronics, Soft circuitry
• Wearable technology and performative artifacts, On-body interactions

Complex interdependencies between the material and contemporary digital technologies.

We live in an age dominated by the digital - as social relations, media, and commerce increasingly move from “atoms to bits” - we have not quite left the material world behind. After a reaction to the increasingly digital landscape of our lives, a craving for tactility and dimension has led us to reconsider the important role of materials once more. Digital technology becomes tactile again, and this neoanalogue tangibility must be designed.

Along with changes in the environment, population, geography, and economy, the textual approach adopted by this cultural shift has become increasingly inadequate for an understanding of contemporary society. A weave of New Materialism has emerged, which allows us to re-understand material and emphasize the role of material factors in shaping society and expressing human vision. New Materialism focuses on the latest physics and biology research results, re-examines our inert understanding of matter, and gives it a dynamic, sporadic, and spiritual side. Interdisciplinary material thinking is the fundamental concept of this topic.

Textile based input and output soft interfaces allow for seamless integration of technology into our everyday environments. Hybrid textiles and materials integrate sensing and actuation components into their structures to bring interactivity to fabrics and have the potential to be utilized particularly in sensory stimulation applications. Novel textile-based interactive surfaces extend our musical interactions and expressions allowing for the application of a creative experimental approach to propose and prototype new architectures for responsive and adaptive environments.

The DLA project will involve practice-based research methodology and experimental prototyping, generating experiential knowledge alongside literature review work.

Number of students who can be accepted: 2

Deadline for application: 2024-06-02


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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