When Code Becomes Craft: How Parametric Design Is Shaping Human Interaction| rat[LAB]

Parametric design is increasingly shifting from a tool of visual complexity to one of craft and experience. IAnD examines this shift through a cross-section of sculptural and inhabitable designs by rat[LAB], in which algorithms are translated into tactile, experiential form. For a design discipline concerned with human experience, this marks an important moment — when computation moves from representation into the realm of use, materiality, and spatial behaviour. At studios such as rat[LAB], this shift becomes visible in works that translate parametric systems into physical artefacts — combining computation, material intelligence, and handcraft to produce experiences rather than objects of […]