On August 20–21, our Design & Computation studio at TU Berlin hosted the workshop Elastic Electronic: soft sensors, led by Fang Tsai as part of the inkuele program.

Across two days, students explored the world of e-textiles, working with conductive threads, yarns, and fabrics to create soft sensors. These sensors translate touch, pressure, and stretch into dynamic signals, allowing body movements and poses to be mapped to sound.

Beginning with the basics of electricity and resistance, participants then sewed or knitted their own textile-based interfaces and connected them to a custom Max/MSP patch developed by Prof. Berit Greinke and Federico Visi within the Wearable Computing research program at UdK Berlin. The result was a hands-on encounter where fabric became responsive, movement gained sonic form, and gestures revealed new dimensions of interaction.

The workshop was open to all students, regardless of prior technical knowledge, and created a space for experimentation, collaboration, and curiosity.

A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to the energy in the studio. This event was made possible by Innovations for Artistic Teaching of Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre and UdK Berlin.

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