UIST 2025 — Workshop

Computational Tailor-Making for Personalized, Shape-changing, and Sustainable Fabrics

A: Hirose et al., Solid Knitting, TOG, 2024. B: Forman et al., DefeXtiles, UIST, 2020. C: Wang et al., Harnessing the hygroscopic and biofluorescent behaviors of genetically tractable microbial cells to design biohybrid wearables, Science Advances, 2017. D: Zhang et al., WasteBanned, UIST, 2024. E: Farahi et al., Caress of the Gaze, 2015. F: Narumi et al., Inkjet 4D Print, TOG, 2023. G: Shinjo et al., A Design and Fabrication Workflow for Upcycling Leftover Fabrics as Mosaic Art, ICCC, 2024. H: Tatsukawa et al., GarmentImage, TOG, 2025.

Fabrics are fundamental elements of our daily lives. Recent advances in materials science and digital fabrication have enabled us to fabricate personalized and responsive fabric products computationally and interactively.

This workshop builds an interdisciplinary network of researchers on computational tailor-making and discusses:

Computational fabric design
Novel fabric fabrication tools
Shape-changing fabrics
Sustainable fabric production

We aim to help attendees build a shared vision, recognise potential challenges, find unexpected solutions and ideas, collaborate beyond disciplines, and explore connections to industries.

Welcome everyone to join with no submission needed. Bring a demo if you’d like to share one!

Registration

The workshop will be held in person on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at UIST in Busan, South Korea.

How to participate:

Register via the UIST website
Please complete your registration directly through the UIST 2025 website. Since space is limited, we recommend registering early.
Fill out the Attendee Interest Form
After registering, kindly fill out this form to help us better understand your interests and shape the program. We note that attendees do NOT require additional submission like a position paper or a poster.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us by email.

Tentative schedule

Time	Session	Details
09:30–09:45	Welcome & Speed Introductions	15 minutes
09:45–12:00	Making Session (Jacquard Weaving & Solid Knittig)	Instruction - 30 min (09:45–10:15) Coffee Break - 15 min (10:15–10:30) Ideation - 30 min (10:30–11:00) Fabrication - 1 hour (11:00–12:00)
12:00–13:30	Lunch	1.5 hours
13:30–14:00	Sharing	Report-back from morning making - 30 min
14:00–15:00	Invited Talk	Guest lecture - 1 hour
15:00–15:40	Small-Group Discussions	Divide into 4 topic groups - 40 min
15:40–16:00	Group Reports	Each group presents key insights - 20 min