Drawing the Pen: From Physical to Digital and Back Again

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the ways in which drawing in the digital age presents new methods of hybrid product creation, blurring the boundaries between the physical and digital creation of a three-dimensional design. A project called ‘MyPen’ illustrates an interactive fabrication workflow, and investigates how complex products may be created by customers with no knowledge of CAD programs, using instead their innate ability to draw simple geometry or mould a shape with their hands.