Author(s): Ghassan M Alserayhi, Vishal Rohira & Chavi Gupta
Pneumatic Knits is a material system regulated by air, created by combining digitally manufactured knitted fabrics, pneumatic motion, and touch-based sensing. The research project suggests that such systems are more than just material or technical innovations; they are participatory micro-spatial environments that facilitate social interaction, shared agency, and co-creation, especially for neurodiverse users. Based on soft robotics, machine knitting, and sensory design, the work features a workflow that creatively combines knitted constraints, silicone pneumatic tubes, proportional air control, and touch-based sensors. Here, participatory design and interactive environmental structures serve as the backdrop for the research, in which material behavior can be interpreted as social behavior, thus turning pneumatic knits into socially responsive micro-spatial environments.
Volume Editors
Reed Kroloff & Francisco J. RodrÃguez-Suárez
ISBN
978-1-944214-52-4