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dc.contributor.authorKnight, Terry W
dc.contributor.authorStiny, George N
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T14:37:37Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T14:37:37Z
dc.date.issued2015-09
dc.identifier.issn0142-694X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111993
dc.description.abstractRecent interest in making and materiality spans from the humanities and social sciences to engineering, science, and design. Here, we consider making through the lens of a unique computational theory of design: shape grammars. We propose a computational theory of making based on the improvisational, perception and action approach of shape grammars and the shape algebras that support them. We modify algebras for the materials (basic elements) of shapes to define algebras for the materials of objects, or things. Then we adapt shape grammars for computing shapes to making grammars for computing things. We give examples of making grammars and their algebras. We conclude by reframing designing and making in light of our computational theory of making.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2015.08.006en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceProf. Knight via Anna Boutinen_US
dc.titleMaking grammars: From computing with shapes to computing with thingsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationKnight, Terry, and Stiny, George. “Making Grammars: From Computing with Shapes to Computing with Things.” Design Studies 41 (November 2015): 8–28 © 2015 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architectureen_US
dc.contributor.approverKnight, Terryen_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorKnight, Terry W
dc.contributor.mitauthorStiny, George N
dc.relation.journalDesign Studiesen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsKnight, Terry; Stiny, Georgeen_US
dspace.embargo.termsNen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-8744
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0962-0826
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US


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