Readings

Technnical Books:

Getting Started With Arduino by Massimo Banzi
Physical Computing by Dan O’Sullivan and Tom Igoe
Make: Electronics by Charles Platt
OPEN SOFTWARE: Fashionable prototyping and wearable computing using the Arduino by T. Olsson, D. Gaetano, J. Odhner, and S. Wiklund
Fashioning Technology: A DIY Intro to Smart Crafting by Syuzi Pakhchyan
Switch Craft: Battery-Powered Crafts to Make and Sew by Alison Lewis, Fang-Yu Lin

Theory Books:

Everyware by Adam Greenfield
Design for Interaction by Dan Saffer
Fashionable Technology by Sabine Seymour
Functional Aesthetic by Sabine Seymour
Unfolded by Petra Schmidt and Nicola Stattmann
Design noir: the secret life of electronic objects By Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby
“Smart Materials in architecture, interior architecture and design” by Axel Ritter
Digital by Design: Crafting Technology for Products and Environments by Conny Freyer, Sebastien Noel, Eva Rucki: Englische Bücher
Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design by Ellen Lupton

 

Academic Papers

Dynamic Ornament: The Design of Responsive Surfaces in Architecture by Mark Meagher, David van der Maas, Christian Abegg, and Jeffrey Huang

Sprout I/O: A Texturally Rich Interface by Marcelo Coelho and Pattie

Confuse the User! A use-centered participatory design perspective by Katharina Bredies

Fabric PCBs, electronic sequins, and socket buttons: techniques for e-textile craftby Leah Buechley Æ Michael Eisenberg

Programmable matter by folding byE. Hawkesa

Skorpions: Kinetic Electronic Garments by Berzowska, J., Mainstone, D., Bromley, M., Coelho

Interactive Paper Devices: End-user Design & Fabrication by Greg Saul, Cheng Xu, Mark D Gross.

Sculptured computational objects with smart and active computing materials by Orth, Margaret A.

Fabric Computing Interfaces. Maggie Orth

Pulp Based Computing : A Framework for Building Computers Out of Paper by Marcelo Coelho, Lyndl Hall, Joanna Berzowska and Pattie Maes

Paints, Paper, and Programs: First Steps Toward the Computational Sketchbook by Leah Buechley, Sue Hendrix and Mike Eisenberg

A Construction Kit for Electronic Textiles by Leah L Buechley

Transitive Materials: Towards an Integrated Approach to Material Technology by Marcelo Coelho, Sajid Sadi, Pattie Maes, Joanna Berzowska and  Neri Oxman

Electronic Popables: exploring paper-based computing through an interactive pop-up book by Jie Qi and Leah Buechley

What Do Prototypes Prototype by Stephanie Houde and Charles

Becoming Materials: Material Forms and Forms of Practice by  Jenny Bergström, Brendon Clark, Alberto Frigo, Ramia Mazé, Johan Redström, and Anna Vallgårda

From Use to Presence: On the Expressions and Aesthetics of Everyday Computational Things by Redström, Johan, and Lars Hallnä

Computational Composites: Understanding the Materiality of Computational Technology by Vallgårda, Anna, and Johan Redström

Interactive Paper Devices: End-user Design & Fabrication by Saul, Greg, Cheng Xu, and Mark D. Gross

Computationally-enhanced Craft Items: Prototypes and Principles by Michael Eisenberg and Nwanua Elum

 

The Computer for the 21st Century by Mark Weiser