Positioning paper for "Sustainable Unmaking: Designing for Biodegradation, Decay, and Disassembly" at CHI2024
Renewable and fully biodegradable materials have shown potential to create more sustainable soft interfaces. In particular, cellulose has inherent properties like water absorption, flexibility and translucency, making it suitable for creating experimental interactive textiles. This pictorial discusses the case of the “Borrowed Matter/Materia Prestada” pavilion at the London Design Biennale through the lens of “unmaking”.
Here, unmaking shows up as a narrative tool, an interaction result, and an end-of-life solution. I propose this example to obtain insights that could lead the path towards more sustainable interactive textiles by combining a material approach with unmaking strategies.
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