Tableware shape grammar

Castro e Costa, Eduardo; Duarte, Jose Pinto

Abstract

Mass customization is pointed as a means of improving a company’s competitiveness, which is an essential trait in Europe’s economic situation of today. This paper reports a mockup implementation of the mass customization paradigm to ceramic tableware design, through the use of shape grammars, parametric modelling and rapid prototyping. Focus is emphasized on the initial development of a parametric shape grammar as a design system, operating on curved surfaces and solids. Mapping operations are suggested for dealing with the formal complexity of these shapes. This initial academic experiment poses as a first step into the development of a mass customization system that is expected to meet industry standards.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: eCAADe 2013
• Start Date: Sep 18, 2013
• End Date: Sep 20, 2013
• Acceptance Date: Apr 1, 2013
• Publication Date: Sep 18, 2013
• Deposit Date: Apr 13, 2022
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 635-644
• Book Title: Computation and Performance – Proceedings of the 31st eCAADe Conference
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9327199
• Publisher URL: http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/paper/ecaade2013_126