FloraWear: Crafting Living Wearables with Sustainable Materials

Hye Yeon Nam, Ja Niece Campbell, Huan Guo, Brendan Harmon, Andrew M. Webb

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Abstract

FloraWear is a wearable living interface where people can experience close relationships with plants by caring for and wearing them. While plants can have positive effects on both mental and physical well-being, we are increasingly losing our connection to plants due to industrialization and urbanization. To build a stronger relationship with plants, we present FloraWear–a DIY, wearable living interface that facilitates an intimate connection with plants. We discuss how the design of this living interface evolved through an iterative process based on feedback from users. By interacting with FloraWear, people can practice cohabitation with plants and experience becoming a more-than-human assemblage.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCHI EA 2025 - Extended Abstracts of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9798400713958
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 26 2025
Event2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2025 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: Apr 26 2025May 1 2025

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2025
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period4/26/255/1/25

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Software

Keywords

  • Biodesign
  • biopolymer
  • human-plant interaction
  • living interface

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