Computer-Aided Weaving: From Numerical Data to Generative Textiles

Contemporary computers are direct descendants of the Jackard’s loom - an industrial era machine that used punched cards as a way of calculating and representing numerical data to be subsequently transformed into weaving patterns (Essinger 2004) - and of Babbage’s Analytical Engine, which employed a variation of the same system to perform complex probabilistic calculations (Swade 1991). In that vein, Ada Lovelace foresaw the future application of programming as the means to realise computer-generated music and graphics (Charman-Anderson, 2013) and this way prepared the grounds for the entire informational revolution to follow. Weaving is to be understood as a constitutionally algorithmic process, which has henceforth evolved in parallel to computer technology. In that vein, contemporary fabrication tactics, such as those suggested by Hatch (2013), constitute a platform for the further development of new technologies and/or for the re-appropriation of existent ones. A re-conceptualisation of the design process through data visualisation and parametric design schemata is cast possible this way (Romano & Cangiano 2014, pp. 170–172).

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Marinos Koutsomichalis

Afroditi Psarra

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Publication date: July 2015

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.59

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

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Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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M Hatch 2014 The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers McGraw-Hill Chicago
M KoutsomichalisM Varela A Psarra 2014 Oiko-nomic threads ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, WA Seattle September 13–17 2014, 59 64 ACM New York
D Swade 1991 Charles Babbage and his Calculating Engines Science Museum London, UK
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T Smith 2014 Bauhaus weaving theory: From feminine craft to mode of design University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis, USA

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[1] S Charman-Anderson 2013 Ada Lovelace: Victorian computing visionary S Charman-Anderson A Passion For Science: Tales of Discovery and Invention Findingada.com

[2] J Essinger 2004 Jacquard’s Web: How a handloom led to the birth of the information age Oxford University Press New York

[3] M Hatch 2014 The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers McGraw-Hill Chicago

[4] M KoutsomichalisM Varela A Psarra 2014 Oiko-nomic threads ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, WA Seattle September 13–17 2014, 59 64 ACM New York

[5] D Swade 1991 Charles Babbage and his Calculating Engines Science Museum London, UK

[6] Z RomanoS Cangiano 2014 Open Sourcing Wearables D Bihanic Empowering Users through Design: Interdisciplinary Studies and Combined Approaches for Technological Products and Services 153 176 Springer New York

[7] T Smith 2014 Bauhaus weaving theory: From feminine craft to mode of design University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis, USA

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