All Outputs (10)

Squishy, yet satisfying: Exploring deformable shapes' cross-modal correspondences with colours and emotions (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Surfaces with deformable and shape-changing properties seek to enhance and diversify tangible interactions with computing systems. However, we currently lack fundamental knowledge and user interface design principles that connect the inherent propert... Read More about Squishy, yet satisfying: Exploring deformable shapes' cross-modal correspondences with colours and emotions.

DeformIO: Dynamic stiffness control on a deformable force-sensing display (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introducing DeformIO, a novel deformable display with co-located force input and variable stiffness output. Unlike prior work, our approach does not require pin arrays or re-configurable panels. Instead, we leveraged pneumatics and resistive sensing... Read More about DeformIO: Dynamic stiffness control on a deformable force-sensing display.

Feel the force, see the force: Exploring visual-tactile associations of deformable surfaces with colours and shapes (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Deformable interfaces provide unique interaction potential for force input, for example, when users physically push into a soft display surface. However, there remains limited understanding of which visual-tactile design elements signify the presence... Read More about Feel the force, see the force: Exploring visual-tactile associations of deformable surfaces with colours and shapes.

Art and design practices as a driver for deformable controls, textures and screen interactions (2022)
Thesis

In this thesis, we demonstrate the innovative uses of deformable interfaces to help de-velop future digital art and design interactions. The great benefits of advancing digital art can often come at a cost of tactile feeling and physical expression,... Read More about Art and design practices as a driver for deformable controls, textures and screen interactions.

Can't touch this: Rethinking public technology in a COVID-19 era (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

What do pedestrian crossings, ATMs, elevators and ticket machines have in common? These are just a few of the ubiquitous yet essential elements of public-space infrastructure that rely on physical buttons or touchscreens; common interactions that, un... Read More about Can't touch this: Rethinking public technology in a COVID-19 era.

Light-in-light-out (li-lo) displays: Harvesting and manipulating light to provide novel forms of communication (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many of us daily encounter shadow and reflected light patterns alongside macro-level changes in ambient light levels. These are caused by elements - opaque objects, glass, mirrors, even clouds - in our environment interfacing with sunlight or artific... Read More about Light-in-light-out (li-lo) displays: Harvesting and manipulating light to provide novel forms of communication.

Pickcells: A physically reconfigurable cell-composed touchscreen (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Touchscreens are the predominant medium for interactions with digital services; however, their current fixed form factor narrows the scope for rich physical interactions by limiting interaction possibilities to a single, planar surface. In this paper... Read More about Pickcells: A physically reconfigurable cell-composed touchscreen.

A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Digital painting is an increasingly popular medium of expression for many artists, yet when compared to its traditional equivalents of physical brushes and viscous paint it lacks a dimension of tangibility. We conducted observations and interviews wi... Read More about A liquid tangible display for mobile colour mixing.

Deformable paint palette: Actuated force controls for digital painting (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work-in-progress presents early findings on using deformable interfaces with force input to enhance interactions with digital painting applications. Our prototype uses deformation to submerge controls to represent paint pots, and emerge controls... Read More about Deformable paint palette: Actuated force controls for digital painting.

Growth, change and decay: Plants and interaction possibilities (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Our work explores using plants as an interaction material to extend and disrupt existing notions of HCI. We focus in particular on how the affordances and properties of plants can be utilised for enhanced physical and emotional interaction between pe... Read More about Growth, change and decay: Plants and interaction possibilities.