Laura Devendorf

Lab Director

Laura Devendorf is an Assistant Professor of Information Science with the ATLAS Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder.

A Fabric That Remembers

Handwoven force sensing cloth

AdaCAD

Open source weave drafting software

Magnetic Reverberations

handwoven electromagnetic display

A Table Weaving

understanding data center usage via weaving

Biofoam

using gelatin based foams to create interactive objects

Bits and Threads

Teaching computation via weaving at local libraries

Design Bookkeeping

reflections on how we might save and share craft knowledge

Design Memoirs

what do with the struggles or difficulties that design cannot solve?

Designing Dissolving Wearables

dissolving as a design feature

Desktop Wet-Spinning

An open-source wet-spinning system for making fibers and filaments

HCI Amusements

Taking inspiration from Fluxus to Reflect on Research Practices

Intro to Weave Structure for HCI

how can we communicate craft knowledge in academic publications?

Knitting Access

self-tracking via knitted interfaces for people with disabilities

Objects of Care

embracing ambiguity and interpretation with data

Personal Data Narratives

embracing ambiguity and interpretation with data

Stories of Material-led Designers

a collection of stories about the roles designers have played in interdisciplinary collaboration

String figure sensor

can a string know its own shape?

Towards Yarn-ier Interactive Textiles

What if we had as many variations of conductive yarns as we do for standard yarns?

Unfabricate

designing smart textiles for disassembly

Wear

a high-tech house dress

What can HCI Learn from ASMR?

Designs that help us become enchanted with everyday objects

Wind Loom

an interesting machine for becoming frustrated

Woven AR Markers

Designing Cloth as Augmented Reality Markers