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Type: Artigo de Evento
Title: Mass customization: a critical perspective on parametric design, digital fabrication and design democratization
Authors: Mateus de Sousa Van Stralen
Abstract: The ability of parametric design to generate variations and bespoke products, combined with the capability of digital fabrication to render this variety physical enables the mass-production of non-standard products. Several companies are adopting parametric driven digital interfaces that enable the user to change design parameters to personalize a product. This "democratization" of design - as it is being called - has multiple social, cultural, and design implications. This paper addresses the idea "design democratization" with a critical viewpoint and advocates for a different perspective of design democratization based on conversation cycles and the copying, transforming, and sharing of code.
Subject: Desenho técnico
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ARQ - DEPARTAMENTO DE PROJETOS
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.5151/sigradi2018-1770
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/37275
Issue Date: Nov-2018
metadata.dc.url.externa: http://https://www.proceedings.blucher.com.br/article-details/mass-customization-a-critical-perspective-on-parametric-design-digital-fabrication-and-design-democratization-29697
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Congresso Internacional da Sociedade Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital
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