Material with its own behavior

LAXX is a new material in the field of Interactive Materiality, explored through an iterative material driven design process. The material is created through Selective Laser Sintering, a 3D printing technique that can create rubber like materials. LAXX is a material that combines sonic and haptic visuality. Through environmental sound and noise of the interacting user, the material can reach a spectrum between tense and relaxed states. The material has its own behavior that cramps up when the environment gets too loud and needs to be soothed by the user to relax. The following video visualizes the behavior of LAXX.

LAXX was created by looking at diffent materials that own or can be altered to create bending properties. By looking at different materials such as paper, latex, fabrics and mdf, we were able to gain insides in the materials' expressions. By altering structres with kirigami shapes, they can show surprising new properties that can allow for inspiring interactions. For more information into our material driven process, you can find a pictorial here!