Interactive Design : Towards a Responsive Environment

Neil Leach

ISBN 10: 303562688X / ISBN 13: 9783035626889

Published by Birkhäuser Verlag Gmbh Nov 2023, 2023

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Neuware - Designers and forward thinkers in the field of interactive design share their reflections and show examples of different models of a responsive future environment. Interactive design has exploded in recent years with a number of inspiring projects that have opened up a new field of research and design. This book brings together some of the most prominent actors and thinkers in the field of interactive design, with theoretical articles highlighting different aspects of this work and describing them through current practices and projects. Supplemented with numerous illustrations, this book offers an overview of the emergence of interactive design and architecture based on the theory of cybernetics. At the same time, it introduces models of interactivity ranging from dynamic and shapechanging materials to wearables, architecture, and transdisciplinary and alternative design methods. History of the development of interactive design Overview of the state of the art and its possibilities Models of interactivity in theory and practice ; Designer:innen und Vordenker:innen auf dem Gebiet des interaktiven Designs beschreiben Modelle für eine reaktionsfähige Umwelt der Zukunft. Interaktives Design ist in den letzten Jahren mit einer Reihe von inspirierenden Projekten, die ein neues Feld der Forschung und des Designs eröffnet haben, geradezu explodiert. Dieses Buch bringt einige der bedeutendsten Designer:innen und Vordenker:innen auf dem Gebiet des interaktiven Designs zusammen, die mit theoretischen Artikeln unterschiedliche Aspekte der Entwicklung beleuchten und diese anhand von aktuellen Praktiken und Projekten beschreiben. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen ergänzt, bietet uns das Buch einen Überblick über die Entstehung von interaktivem Design und Architektur auf Basis der Theorie der Kybernetik. Gleichzeitig werden Modelle der Interaktivität vorgestellt, die von dynamischen und formverändernden Materialien über Wearables und Architektur bis zu transdisziplinären und alternativen Designmethoden reichen. Entwicklungsgeschichte des interaktiven Designs Überblick über den Stand der Technik und ihre Möglichkeiten Modelle der Interaktivität in Theorie und Praxis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interactive Design : Towards a Responsive Environment
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag Gmbh Nov 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303562688X
• ISBN 13: 9783035626889
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 164H x 20D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 704 grams

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Synopsis

Designers and forward thinkers in the field of interactive design share their reflections and show examples of different models of a responsive future environment.

Interactive design has exploded in recent years with a number of inspiring projects that have opened up a new field of research and design.
This book brings together some of the most prominent actors and thinkers in the field of interactive design, with theoretical articles highlighting different aspects of this work and describing them through current practices and projects.

Supplemented with numerous illustrations, this book offers an overview of the emergence of interactive design and architecture based on the theory of cybernetics. At the same time, it introduces models of interactivity ranging from dynamic and shapechanging materials to wearables, architecture, and transdisciplinary and alternative design methods.
History of the development of interactive design

• Overview of the state of the art and its possibilities
• Models of interactivity in theory and practice

About the Authors

Behnaz Farahi is a designer, creative technologist and critical maker. Trained as an architect, she explores how to foster an empathetic relationship between the human body and the surrounding space through the implementation of emerging technologies. Her work addresses issues such as feminism, emotion, bodily perception and social interaction. She specializes in computational design, interactive technologies, additive manufacturing and digital fabrication technologies.
Farahi has won several awards including the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Digital Design Award, Fast Company Innovation By Design Linda Tischler Award, World Technology Award (WTN).
She has received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Media Arts and Practice at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Design, California State University, Long Beach.



Neil Leach is an architect, curator and writer. His research interests fall broadly into two fields, critical theory and digital design. In the field of critical theory, he has published many monographs and edited volumes, dealing largely with the impact of importing theoretical tools from critical theory into an architectural arena.
He has taught at numerous international universities including Columbia GSAPP, Dessau Institute of Architecture, IaaC, London Consortium, Royal Danish School of Fine Arts, University of Bath.
He is currently Visiting Professor at Harvard University GSD, Professor at the European Graduate School, Gao Feng Professor at Tongji University, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California.