A Proposal for a Material-Focused AI-Supported Design Process: From Bio Material to Artificial Intelligence

Year 2024, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 211 - 234, 30.09.2024

Asena Kumsal Şen Bayram , Yekta Özgüven , Nadide Ebru Yazar , Erincik Edgü , Sebahat Sevde Sağlam

https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1512903

Abstract

This project investigates whether the interaction between material and artificial intelligence plays a constraining or liberating role in the design process, while focusing on examining the relationship between material and form in the design and production processes of objects through experience. This experiential environment consists of several stages within the scope of a workshop, including defining the fundamental properties of the material, digitally designing the form based on this definition, producing the designed form with the specified material, and attempting to resolve any issues related to the material and/or form encountered during this production process through necessary revisions. Personal recipes, created by adding textile, chestnut shell, or sawdust to the environmentally friendly bio-polymer base of the materials, will be transformed into forms using the AI-supported Midjourney application. [Omitted for blind review] [Omitted for blind review] Faculty, a total of 43 students use the sensory, semantic, emotional, performative, and potential properties of the materials they design as AI inputs in the research, aiming to learn by doing in an informal setting. Experiencing the physical producibility of the digitally generated form through material experiments, the challenges in the production process, and how these challenges are resolved are significant stages of the research. In the workshop, where students record the process with various written and visual data, the obtained data is classified, and the changes in expressions defined as keywords in the study are analyzed. This project, based on creating form using a current digital design method with renewable bio-polymer material, not only raises awareness about sustainability and the use of artificial intelligence in design but also revisits informal learning processes through experience.

Keywords

Material experience, Bio-Polymer, Artificial Intelligence, Form creation, Learning by doing.

Malzeme Odaklı Yapay Zeka Destekli Bir Tasarım Süreci Önerisi: Doğal Malzemeden Yapay Zekâya

Abstract

Malzeme/yapay zeka etkileşiminin tasarım sürecinde kısıtlayıcı mı yoksa özgürleştirici mi bir rol oynadığının araştırılacağı bu proje, nesnelerin tasarlanma ve üretim süreçlerindeki malzeme ve form ilişkisinin deneyim yoluyla incelenmesine odaklanmaktadır. Bu deneyim ortamı, bir çalıştay kapsamında, malzemenin temel özelliklerinin tanımlanması, bu tanım çerçevesinde formun dijital olarak tasarlanması, tasarlanan formun söz konusu malzeme ile üretilmesi ve bu üretim sürecinde malzeme ve/veya forma ilişkin karşılaşılan sorunların gereken revizyonlar ile çözülmeye çalışması gibi çeşitli aşamalardan oluşmaktadır. Malzemelerin çevre dostu biyo-polimer baz kısmına tekstil, kestane kabuğu veya talaş eklenmesiyle oluşturulacak kişisel reçeteler, yapay zeka destekli Midjourney uygulamasında forma dönüştürülecektir. [Hakem incelemesi için çıkarıldı] [Hakem incelemesi için çıkarıldı] Fakültesi bünyesinde toplam 43 öğrencinin tasarladıkları malzemelerin belirleyecekleri duyusal, anlamsal, duygusal, performatif ve potansiyel özelliklerini yapay zeka girdisi olarak kullanacakları araştırmada, enformel bir ortamda yaparak öğrenme hedeflenmektedir. Dijital olarak üretilen formun, malzeme deneyleri ile fiziksel olarak üretilebilirliklerinin deneyimlenmesi, üretim sürecindeki zorluklar ve bunların nasıl çözümlendiği araştırmanın önemli aşamalarındandır. Öğrencilerin süreci çeşitli, yazılı ve görsel verilerle kaydedeceği çalıştayda, elde edilecek veriler sınıflandırılarak, çalışmada anahtar kelime olarak tariflenen ifadelerinin değişimleri analiz edilmiştir. Yenilenebilir biyo-polimer malzeme kullanarak güncel bir dijital tasarım yöntemi ile form oluşturmaya temellenen bu proje, bir yandan sürdürülebilirlik ve tasarımda yapay zeka kullanımı üzerine farkındalık oluştururken, bir yandan da deneyim yoluyla enformel öğrenme süreçlerini yeniden gündeme getirmektedir.

Keywords

Malzeme deneyimi, Biyo-polimer, Yapay zeka, Form oluşturma, Yaparak öğrenme.

Ethical Statement

Çalışmaya katılan her katılımcıdan rıza ve onam belgeleri temin edilmiştir.

Supporting Institution

Bu araştırma Maltepe Üniversitesi MÜAR tarafından desteklenmektedir.

Thanks

Maltepe Üniversitesi’ne ve katılımcılarımıza değerli katkı ve desteklerinden dolayı teşekkür ederiz.

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