Title
Flavorium: An Exploration of Flavobacteria's Living Aesthetics for Living Color Interfaces
Author
Groutars, E.G. (TU Delft Emerging Materials; Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda)
Risseeuw, C.C. (TU Delft Materials and Manufacturing) 
Ingham, Colin (Hoekmine BV)
Hamidjaja, Raditijo (Hoekmine BV)
Elkhuizen, W.S. (TU Delft Mechatronic Design)
Pont, S.C. (TU Delft Human Information Communication Design)
Karana, E. (TU Delft Emerging Materials; Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda)
Contributor
Lampe, Cliff (editor)
Barbosa, Simone (editor)
Date
2022
Abstract
Flavobacteria, which can be found in marine environments, are able to grow in highly organized colonies producing vivid iridescent colorations. While much is known about the biology of these organisms, their design potential as responsive media in user interfaces has not been explored. Our paper aims at bridging this gap by providing insights into the type, degree, and duration of change in Flavobacteria's expression, i.e., their living aesthetics. We present a tool to capture and characterize these changes concerning form, texture and iridescent color. To support the long-term study of their living aesthetics, we designed Flavorium. This bio-digital artifact provides the necessary habitat conditions for Flavobacteria to thrive for a month. Granting insights into the responsive behavior of this organism, this work presents a design space, vocabulary, and application concepts to inspire HCI and design scholars to investigate the complex temporal qualities of living media for future user interfaces.
Subject
Biological HCI
Flavobacteria
Iridescent Color
Living Aesthetics
Living Media Interfaces
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517713
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, USA
ISBN
978-1-4503-9157-3
Source
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Event
2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2022, 2022-04-30 → 2022-05-05, Virtual, Online, United States
Series
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
conference paper
Rights
© 2022 E.G. Groutars, C.C. Risseeuw, Colin Ingham, Raditijo Hamidjaja, W.S. Elkhuizen, S.C. Pont, E. Karana