Generic Shape Grammars for Mass Customization of Ceramic Tableware

Eduardo Castro e Costa, José Pinto Duarte

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Abstract

Research is currently being developed on mass customization of ceramic tableware. The objective of this research is to allow end users to personalize their tableware sets, namely to determine the shape of its elements. The implementation of mass customization implies the articulation among three systems: design, production and computation. In this paper we will focus on the design system, which aims at two main goals: to help designers develop tableware collections, and to allow end users to customize these collections. The design system being developed controls the design of the elements of the tableware set in terms of their shape and decoration through the use of shape grammars and parametric modelling. The use of generic shape grammars is suggested as an effective way of handling a wide variety of tableware collections.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDesign Computing and Cognition '14
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages437-454
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9783319149561
ISBN (Print)9783319149554
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Psychology
  • General Engineering
  • General Computer Science

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