A sample of research into materials, making, designing interactions, tangible computing, and more







A sample of products, systems, and experiences that we design and deploy









Project Directory

                
Title Material / Media Venue
Curl paper SDW 2024
Reciproco ceramics + electronics MDW 2024, SDW 2024
Pneullaboration inflatables + jamming Ars Electronica 2024
row ⨉ row   knitting machine Ars Electronica 2024
NECRO TROLL video game Ars Electronica 2024
E-Acrylic acrylic sheets CHI 2024
Flow acrylic sheets Ars Electronica 2024
PaperTouch paper + touchscreens CHI 2024
PaperTouch Wonder paper + touchscreens Ars Electronica 2024
BARC video game GDC 2024, BitSummit 2024
Ceramic Circuits ceramics + electronics CHI 2023, SDW 2023
Project Beholder       computer vision CHI 2023, SA 2022
Shape Haptics compliant haptics CHI 2022
Printed Paper Markers       paper + computer vision DIS 2020
Sensing Kirigami paper + sensing DIS 2019
Mechamagnets magnet haptics TEI 2019
Joinery laser cutting C&C 2017




Selected Publications


2024
PaperTouch: Tangible Interfaces through Paper Craft and Touchscreen Devices.
CHI 2024. Qian Ye, Zhen Zhou Yong, Bo Han, Ching Chiuan Yen, Clement Zheng.

E-Acrylic: Electronic-Acrylic Composites for Making Interactive Artifacts.
CHI 2024. Bo Han, Xin Liu, Ching Chiuan Yen, Clement Zheng.


2023

Crafting Interactive Circuits on Glazed Ceramic Ware. 
CHI 2023. Clement Zheng, Bo Han, Xin Liu, Laura Devendorf, Hans Tan, and Ching Chiuan Yen.

Marking Material Interactions with Computer Vision.
CHI 2023. Peter Gyory, S. Sandra Bae, Ruhan Yang, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, and Clement Zheng.



2022

Shape-Haptics: Planar & Passive Force Feedback Mechanisms for Physical Interfaces. 
CHI 2022. Clement Zheng, Zhen Zhou Yong, Hongnan Lin, HyunJoo Oh, and Ching Chiuan Yen.

Making Data Tangible: A Cross-disciplinary Design Space for Data Physicalization.
CHI 2022. S. Sandra Bae, Clement Zheng, Mary Etta West, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Samuel Huron, and Danielle Albers Szafir.



Earlier
Tangible Interfaces with Printed Paper Markers.
DIS 2020. Clement Zheng, Peter Gyory, and Ellen Yi-Luen Do.

RoomShift: Room-scale Dynamic Haptics for VR with Furniture-moving Swarm Robots.
CHI 2020. Ryo Suzuki, Hooman Hedayati, Clement Zheng, James L Bohn, Daniel Szafir, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Mark D Gross, and Daniel Leithinger.

Shapebots: Shape-changing swarm robots.
UIST 2019. Ryo Suzuki, Clement Zheng, Yasuaki Kakehi, Tom Yeh, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Mark D Gross, and Daniel Leithinger.

Sensing Kirigami.
DIS 2019. Clement Zheng, HyunJoo Oh, Laura Devendorf, and Ellen Yi-Luen Do.

Mechamagnets: Designing and Fabricating Haptic and Functional Physical Inputs with Embedded Magnets.
TEI 2019. Clement Zheng, Jeeeun Kim, Daniel Leithinger, Mark D. Gross, and Ellen Yi-Luen Do.

Combining Practices in Craft and Design.
TEI 2017. Clement Zheng and Michael Nitsche.
















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