Rong-Hao Liang
ACM DIS ‘20: ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2020
FabriClick: Interweaving Pushbuttons into Fabrics Using 3D Printing and Digital Embroidery
Maas Goudswaard1, Abel Abraham1,2, Bruna Goveia da Rocha1, Kristina Andersen1, Rong-Hao Liang1
TU Eindhoven1, Simon Fraser University2
[DIS ‘20 Best Paper Honorable Mention]
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Abstract
Mechanical pushbuttons, which provide physical landmarks and clear tactile feedback, are easily accessible and highly reliable in eyes-free use. Potentially, their merits can improve the experiences of on-body or wearable HCI. However, they are not commonly adopted as a user interface of smart textiles because the physical mechanism of conventional pushbutton hardware requires further integration, which should be seamless enough to be comfortably worn. In this pictorial, we present a design exploration of the methodologies for interweaving mechanical pushbuttons into fabrics. The exploration used a frame system, which unifies the workflow of digital embroidery and 3D printing and enables the exploration of the physical design. Through the process, we investigated methods of integration and fabrication through making and presented our findings with proof-of-concept implementations. We also discussed the alternative designs and interaction methods as well as their implications to enlighten future research directions and opportunities.
Keywords
Fabrication; Pushbuttons; Embroidery; 3D Printing; Wearables
Cite this work (ACM)
Maas Goudswaard, Abel Abraham, Bruna Goveia da Rocha, Kristina Andersen, and Rong-Hao Liang. 2020. FabriClick: Interweaving Pushbuttons into Fabrics Using 3D Printing and Digital Embroidery. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS '20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 379–393. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395569
Cite this work (Bibtex)
@inproceedings{10.1145/3357236.3395569,
author = {Goudswaard, Maas and Abraham, Abel and Goveia da Rocha, Bruna and Andersen, Kristina and Liang, Rong-Hao},
title = {FabriClick: Interweaving Pushbuttons into Fabrics Using 3D Printing and Digital Embroidery},
year = {2020},
isbn = {9781450369749},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3357236.3395569},
doi = {10.1145/3357236.3395569},
abstract = {Mechanical pushbuttons, which provide physical landmarks and clear tactile feedback, are easily accessible and highly reliable in eyes-free use. Potentially, their merits can improve the experiences of on-body or wearable HCI. However, they are not commonly adopted as a user interface of smart textiles because the physical mechanism of conventional pushbutton hardware requires further integration, which should be seamless enough to be comfortably worn. In this pictorial, we present a design exploration of the methodologies for interweaving mechanical pushbuttons into fabrics. The exploration used a frame system, which unifies the workflow of digital embroidery and 3D printing and enables the exploration of the physical design. Through the process, we investigated methods of integration and fabrication through making and presented our findings with proof-of-concept implementations. We also discussed the alternative designs and interaction methods as well as their implications to enlighten future research directions and opportunities.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference},
pages = {379–393},
numpages = {15},
keywords = {wearables, 3d printing, fabrication, embroidery, pushbuttons},
location = {Eindhoven, Netherlands},
series = {DIS '20}
}