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The Emotional Side of Smartness: Intelligent Materials and Everyday Aesthetics

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Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2018)

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Every object discloses its true essence through the material it is made of, engaging with the user specific interactions that imply several aesthetics outcomes. But what if the everyday world turned into a smart hub of intelligent materials, endowed with unedited properties, designing a sort of next scenario? Smartness in general amplifies the palette of senses, challenging human perception also in terms of temporal dimension and personal space. Based on Everyday Aesthetics premises, this paper aims to outline this new emotional involvement with intelligent materials, investigating further the potential of what we can refer to as a new artificial, impacting on “body/mind comfort” issues. Exploring the prelude of a next material and design scenario will provide with a wide mapping of the sensory inputs humans are likely to go through while experiencing a new level of engagement with objects of common use.

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This paper was inspired by interdisciplinary exchanges during my research activity at APPLA and my collaborations with the Design School of Politecnico di Milano.

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    Anna Cecilia Russo

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  1. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

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  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA

    Tareq Ahram

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Russo, A.C. (2018). The Emotional Side of Smartness: Intelligent Materials and Everyday Aesthetics. In: Karwowski, W., Ahram, T. (eds) Intelligent Human Systems Integration. IHSI 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 722. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73888-8_113

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