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Chu Li, Nicolai Marquardt, Hugo Romat, Ken Hinckley, Nathalie Riche, Kwon Ko, Fanny Chevalier
MaterialVellum turns design constraints into controls by mapping what is constrained and where onto familiar material gestures. Elastic bands set zoning boundaries, clay redistributes building density, and magnets represent compatibility; these interactions feed generation pipelines for visual design. In a ten-person pilot, 8 of 10 participants strongly agreed magnet gestures felt natural and were easy to manipulate, but the study had no baseline and did not assess design quality.
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