5 papers
(De)composing Craft: An Elementary Grammar for Sharing Expertise in Craft Workflows
Ritik Batra, Lydia Kim, Ilan Mandel +4
Craft practices rely on evolving archives of skill and knowledge developed through generations of craftspeople experimenting with designs, materials, and techniques. Better documen…
Comparing Fabrication Workflows in CAD to Support Design Reasoning
Shuo Feng, Xuening Wang, Yifan +7
When novices fabricate, they start by choosing a workflow (e.g., laser cutting, 3D printing, etc.) and corresponding software from a narrow set they know. As they advance their des…
Convivial Fabrication: Towards Relational Computational Tools For and From Craft Practices
Ritik Batra, Roy Zunder, Amy Cheatle +4
Computational tools for fabrication often treat materials as passive rather than active participants in design, abstracting away relationships between craftspeople and materials. F…
texTENG: Fabricating Wearable Textile-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators
Ritik Batra, Narjes Pourjafarian, Samantha Chang +3
Recently, there has been a surge of interest in sustainable energy sources, particularly for wearable computing. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) have shown promise in converti…
SplatOverflow: Asynchronous Hardware Troubleshooting
Amritansh Kwatra, Tobias Weinberg, Ilan Mandel +4
As tools for designing and manufacturing hardware become more accessible, smaller producers can develop and distribute novel hardware. However, processes for supporting end-user ha…