The I/O: Paper Prototyping for the Future half-day studio will be a hands-on experience that combines art, design, and technology. Participants will learn through a series of escalating exercises how to introduce interactivity via computational crafting techniques to paper in order to heighten the paper prototyping experienc
5. Overview
ยง๏งโฏ Design Challenge 1
ยง๏งโฏ Prototype as Practice
ยง๏งโฏ Paper as Art/Design
ยง๏งโฏ Break
ยง๏งโฏ Paper Folding Techniques
ยง๏งโฏ Design Challenge 2
ยง๏งโฏ Break
ยง๏งโฏ Intro to Paper Circuits
ยง๏งโฏ Design Challenge 3
ยง๏งโฏ Break
ยง๏งโฏ Design Challenge 4
ยง๏งโฏ Wrap-Up
6. Design Challenge 1
Consider what you imagined โthe futureโ
would look like when you were a child. (2
min)
Now, using paper, design an interactive
item that belongs to that future scenario.
(5 min)
10. What is a prototype?
Prototypes are a core means of
exploring, testing, and evaluating aspects
of an interactive artifact.
Term can be ambiguous, as many
disciplines consider prototypes to be
di๏ฌerent things.
11. Prototypes and Realms
Paper renderings
Paper structures
Storyboards
Video Simulations
3D Renderings
Physical Simulations
โWhat Do Prototypes Prototype?โ, Houde and
Hill,
13. Why do we prototype?
ยง๏งโฏ To provide clarity to our team and
stakeholders about our ideas
ยง๏งโฏ To better understand how users will
interact with our ๏ฌnal artifact
ยง๏งโฏ To de๏ฌne and test assumptions
ยง๏งโฏ To create avenues for feedback from
users
ยง๏งโฏ To incorporate user feedback earlier
on
19. Broader Adoption of
Paper Prototyping
Artists, designers (used broadly), and
technologists are adopting paper as a
reliable medium for quickly
(and cheaply) testing installation
elements, games, interactive artwork and
more.
Sometimes, they continue to use paper in
their ๏ฌnal design.
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Bea Szenfeld
โI was bored of working in fabric and
started experimenting with materials. I
fell in love with paper and what you can
create with such a simple material,โ
says Szenfeld
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73. Paper Engineering Tips
ยง๏งโฏ Use the edges of the paper to divide it
into equal parts.
ยง๏งโฏ Use the dull side of an X-Acto knife to
form creases.
ยง๏งโฏ Let the paper make the di๏ฌcult folds.
ยง๏งโฏ Make repetitive folds in the same
direction (valley fold or mountain fold)
to create simple closed and/or
deployable structures.
ยง๏งโฏ Do not worry about having exact
proportions for folding patterns.
ยง๏งโฏ Use the same techniques with
di๏ฌerent edge combinations and
origins.
74. Design Challenge
Architecture
You are living in an urban city on a
Totokaelo, a recently inhabited planet,
that has unpredictable weather patterns.
To help protect the cityโs harvest,
architects are designing smart buildings
that organically change shape
depending on the weather conditions.
Design Challenge: Use the paper folding
techniques to prototype a building that
will protect the harvest during harsh
weather conditions and nurture the
harvest during optimal weather.
Tip: Think about di๏ฌerent shapes,
deployable forms, and letting the paper
make the folds!
75. Design Challenge
Clothing
As an inhabitant of Totokaelo, you need
dynamic clothing garments that help
make you visible during unpredictable
snow storms and protect you against the
wind and cold.
Design Challenge: Using paper
engineering techniques, prototype a
garment that will increase visibility and
provide protection from harsh weather.
Tip: Think about deployable forms
79. Coin Cell Batteries โ 3v
Know the positive side of the coin cell from the negative.
NegativePositive
80. Light Emitting Diode (LED)
The longer leg is the positive (anode) side of the LED. The shorter leg is the negative
(cathode), or ground, side of the LED.
81. Copper Tape
Like regular tape, but made with metal, so it
conducts electricity.
Helpful to cut tape in half.
Challenge: Bends and circles
87. Design Challenge
Architecture
You are living in an urban city on a
Totokaelo, a recently inhabited planet,
that has unpredictable weather patterns.
To help protect the cityโs harvest,
architects are designing smart buildings
that organically change shape
depending on the weather conditions.
Design Challenge: Use the paper folding
techniques to prototype a building that
will protect the harvest during harsh
weather conditions and nurture the
harvest during optimal weather.
Tip: Think about switches, on/o๏ฌ,
deployable forms, and letting the paper
make the folds!
88. Design Challenge
Clothing
As an inhabitant of Totokaelo, you need
dynamic clothing garments that help
make you visible during unpredictable
snow storms and protect you against the
wind and cold.
Design Challenge: Combine paper
engineering and soft-circuit techniques
to prototype a garment that will make
you visible and protect against harsh
weather if necessary.
Tip: Think about deployable forms, on/
o๏ฌ switches, and functional aesthetics.
89. Design Challenge 4
Find your โitem from the futureโ from the
Design Challenge 1.
Redesign your โitem from the futureโ to
incorporate paper prototyping
techniques from today
(5 min)