Tension-and-Release: A Design Principle for Dynamic Materials
Amy Winters
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Amy Winters is a postdoctoral design researcher in the Future Everyday group in the Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). She trained in Performance Design (Central Saint Martins, London), founded her company Rainbow Winters (interactive materials/technology transfer to industry), and received a PhD in textiles/soft robotics (Royal College of Art, London). Following her PhD, she worked in education (RCA), where she directed and developed the Textiles “Soft Systems” MA. pathway. She disseminated her work at design and ACM conferences such as CHI, and exhibitions such as Dutch Design Week, Hacking Arts MIT, and the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Her current research focuses on cross-disciplinary practice (HCI, Material-Science, and Design) and temporal (design-in-time) features of dynamic materials such as molecular-driven actuators for soft robotics.
Simone de Waart
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Simone de Waart (MDes) is a University Lecturer in the Future Everyday group in the Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Founder and Creative Director of Material Sense, an organisation for materials innovation (https://www.materialsense.com/). She has a background in Material Design (Design Academy Eindhoven), followed by a Master’s in Design Management (EUR) to support her interest in developing material strategies for businesses. Her materials expertise concentrates on sensorial expression, performative qualities, and haptic experiences in interaction. She disseminated her MOD approach internationally in Taiwan (National Cheng Kung University), China (South East University), Mexico (Centro University), Estonia (Tallinn School of Design), and USA (Greenbuild International Conference).
Miguel Bruns
Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Miguel Bruns is an Associate Professor in the Future Everyday group in the Department of Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) where he chairs the Interactive Materiality competence. He has a MSc and a PhD in industrial design engineering from TU Delft and was a visiting researcher at the Center for Design Research of Stanford University, USA, and at the Design Research and Ubiquitous Computing Groups of Aarhus University, Denmark. At TU/e, he held the positions of Program Director for the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs of Industrial Design and he is co-founder of TU/e innovation Space. He researches the design space, aesthetics, and expressivity of interactive products with programmable material qualities. He has worked on various projects relating to haptic and shape-changing interfaces, increasingly involving smart materials.