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Discover how the intersection of materials and computers enhances our relationship with interfaces. Organic forms and materials offer designers a humanist vocabulary, affirming society's connection to the natural world. Explore the convergence of the constructed and organic through tangible media design.
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computational corporeality computers, materials, and the body To enrich and expand our relationship with interfaces, they must perform, respond and react in ways that mimic the body and our surrounding environment in their materiality as much as their intelligence. amanda parkes tangible media group mit media lab
organic forms and materials provide designers with a humanist vocabulary that affirm society’s place within the natural world. ellen lupton skin: surface, substance, and design Blur Building Diller + Scofidio WTC Path Terminal Santiago Calatrava the constructed and the organic are converging The Carbon Tower PrototypePeter Testa
discrete vs. continuous modularity & primitives rigid amorphous
amanda@media.mit.edu amanda parkes tangible media group mit media lab