Motorskins

Toward a New Culture of the Material

What happens when we begin treating multi-stable, ambivalent and adaptive behaviors of active matter as a formative principle? The contributions of this volume investigate the potential of the processual and untamable — ranging from microbial co-designing, morphogenetic experimentation and atmospheric creation to plasticity and liveliness in architecture, history of art and scientific concepts. Walking the line between analog and digital forms, the 19 perspectives from the Cluster of Excellence "Matters of Activity" not only cross disciplinary and methodological boundaries, but also aim at installing a new material paradigm between the epistemic cultures of sciences, humanities and design. Investigating a new culture of the material Interdisciplinary views on active structures, adaptive materials and sustainability

Relive: novel design approaches to livingness

Research Methods for Product Design, second edition

Research Methods for Product Design provides a practical insight into the routine phases of the design process such as observation of people, asking questions, searching for information, making and testing ideas, and ultimately generating solutions to problems. This second edition has been updated to include new sections on equality and diversity, sustainable design, data visualisation, social media dissemination, AI, and design for good health. The illustrated Case Studies featuring the work of leading designers have all been replaced with new, more recent examples. The step-by-step Tutorials have either been updated or replaced with new information and suggestions for how to address the challenges of today's world. The book's photo selection has also been refreshed to better reflect the greater diversity of the student body.