Queen's University

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Interactive Tatreez: How (and when) Can Digital Fabrication Augment Cultural-based Hybrid Crafts

This work brings cultural depth to Hybrid Craft research by exploring Tatreez (Palestinian Arab embroidery) as a medium for Indigenous interaction design. We conducted four participatory workshops with 23 Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim individuals, incorporating traditional hand-stitching, digital embroidery, and refle…

CHI '26Electronic Textiles (E-textiles) +2

FabricBoards: Exploring Crafting Methods for Prototyping E-Textile LED Circuits with Fabric-Based Breadboards

The prototyping process for e-textile circuits presents unique challenges, as traditional electronic prototyping tools are often rigid and incompatible with the flexible nature of fabric. In this paper, we document the iterative design of FabricBoards, a set of fabric-based breadboards designed for e-textile LED circu…

CHI '26Honorable MentionBrain-Computer Interface (BCI) & Neurofeedback +3

"Tinged with Heartbreak": An Ethnographic Account of Navigating Autistic Loneliness and the Fragile Promise of AI Companionship

AI companionship provides predictability and emotional support, yet these relationships are vulnerable to updates that alter chatbots ‘personalities’ at a scale that outpaces social rituals that have historically accompanied loss. This paper examines how such disruptions can lead to ‘disenfranchised technological grie…

DIS '25Electronic Textiles (E-textiles) +1

E-Sewing: Exploring the Design Space of Machine-Sewing E-Textile Circuits

This pictorial presents a design research exploration of domestic sewing machines as hybrid craft tools for creating e-textile circuits. Through iterative making and experimentation, we examine how conductive materials and electronic components can be integrated into fabric using sewing machines. We contribute 11 tech…

DIS '25Honorable MentionShape-Changing Interfaces & Soft Robotic Materials +1

WovenCircuits: A 3-Step Fabrication Process for Weaving Electric Circuit Layouts in Everyday Artefacts

Previous work explored techniques for creating woven e-textiles, emphasizing interactive input and output elements. However, the integration of electrical connections and circuitry remains underexplored. Using Research through Design (RtD), we present WovenCircuits, a design-led inquiry into combining traditional weav…

DIS '24Electronic Textiles (E-textiles) +1

Hand Spinning E-textile Yarns: Understanding the Craft Practices of Hand Spinners and Workshop Explorations with E-textile Fibers and Materials

The `material turn' in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) is increasingly drawing attention to the computational affordances of materials and how we can craft with them. In this paper, we explore opportunities for combining the maker cultures of hand spinning with e-textile crafting. In our first study, we interviewed 3…

DIS '24Desktop 3D Printing & Personal Fabrication +1

A Year of Interaction Around Town: Gathering Traces with an Interactive Knitting Machine and Community Stitch Markers

Devices for digital fabrication are becoming increasingly smaller and more portable, enabling digital fabrication research to move into new environments. In this exploratory research-through-design project, we aimed to physicalize data on-the-go using a portable digital fabrication device, and gathered community annot…

CHI '24Social & Collaborative VR +1

Process, Roles, Tools, and Team: Understanding the Emerging Medium of Virtual Reality Theatre

Virtual reality (VR) theatre artists are combining theatre production and game development practices to create live performances in VR. To date, little is known about VR theatre creators' experiences of this process or how staging a play in VR might affect the audience's experience. To capture the experience of develo…

HRI '24External HMI (eHMI) — Communication with Pedestrians & Cyclists +1

A Virtual Reality Framework for Human-Driver Interaction Research: Safe and Cost-Effective Data Collection

The advancement of automated driving technology has led to new challenges in the interaction between automated vehicles and human road users. However, there is currently no complete theory that explains how human road users interact with vehicles, and studying them in real-world settings is often unsafe and time-consu…

DIS '23Haptic Wearables +1

Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Using Digital Knitting Machines to Craft Wearable Biodata Portraits

Biofeedback sensors that measure body signals, such as heart rate, are often used for bodily awareness and behavioural change. In contrast, for this project, we wanted to use body sensor data as an artistic resource to craft wearable textile portraits as mementos of a moment in time. During the pandemic, we conducted…

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Games, Entertainment & Gamification

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Electronic Textiles (E-textiles)

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