267 On the Designing and Prototyping of Kinetic Objects Scottie Chih-Chieh Huang Chung Hua University, Taiwan Shen-Guan Shih National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan Chapter 15 ABSTRACT MSOrgm (Huang, 2009), SSOrgan, and LBSkeleton (Huang, 2011) were created to contain computation, aesthetic, and structural characteristics to employ physical kinetic motion to embody and communi- cate to people. MSOrgm raises its branches when it senses someone who is looking at it. MSOrgm was developed as a robot plant to interact with the viewer in a soothing way; it uses transformable module to build interconnected fabric and produce unexpected behavior. SSOrgan provides a novel tangible interaction, which generates color in response to touch. SSOrgan is an artificial skin system composed by dense individual sensing module; it creates the responsive behavior executed by its external contact and its internal computing mechanism. LBSkeleton explores a mutual interaction that happens between "the piper and the snake" through the change of the sound performance that should triggered by body movement reflectivity. LBSkeleton shows a kinetic structural system, which is engaged with the sensor networked framework and the origami tessellation module to perform a kind of growling behavior with sound. These works bring the specific type of modeling, controlling, and interacting on the designing of the kinetic creatures. The artworks are bringing novel user experiences with the biomimetic mechanism in a space. INTRODUCTION The development of computer-augmented physi- cal kinetic objects has changed the relation be- tween the viewer and the artwork. To discover the feature of kinetic object, this chapter used biomimetic aspect to develop modular design DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0942-6.ch015 method in the three digital artworks. Physical computing (Sullivan & Igoe, 2004) is bringing new opportunities to develop diverse and mul- tiple design forms in the field of new media art. It integrates traditional fine arts and modern art forms with computational features and creates a closed relationship between the viewer and the Copyright © 2012, IGI Global. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of IGI Global is prohibited.