LacAIDes: Generative AI-Supported Creative Interactive Circuits Crafting to Enliven Traditional Lacquerware
🤖 AI Summary
Traditional lacquerware—a national intangible cultural heritage—faces declining engagement in transmission, while existing interactive digitalization research focuses predominantly on manufacturing techniques, neglecting creative support for non-technical practitioners.
Method: We propose the first generative AI–powered multi-agent tool for interactive lacquerware creation, systematically integrating the Design Thinking Double Diamond model with domain-specific craft knowledge to enable culturally grounded, low-threshold creative design. Our approach combines generative AI, multi-agent collaboration, interactive circuit modeling, and a mixed-methods research paradigm, validated through longitudinal participatory workshops.
Contribution/Results: A 34-participant empirical evaluation demonstrates significant improvements in creative engagement and usability; the tool also effectively stimulates critical reflection among makers on AI’s role in digital craftsmanship. This work establishes a scalable “culture–technology” co-innovation paradigm for intangible cultural heritage revitalization.
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📝 Abstract
Lacquerware, a representative craft of Chinese intangible cultural heritage, is renowned for its layered aesthetics and durability but faces declining engagement. While prior human-computer interaction research has explored embedding interactive circuits to transform lacquerware into responsive artifacts, most studies have focused on fabrication techniques rather than supporting makers in creatively designing such interactions at a low threshold. To address this gap, we present LacAIDes, a Generative AI powered creativity-support tool built on a multi-agent workflow aligned with the double diamond model of design thinking. LacAIDes enables exploration and creation of culturally grounded interactive circuits without requiring prior technical expertise. We evaluated LacAIDes in a longitudinal workshop with 34 participants using a mixed-method approach. Results show that LacAIDes demonstrated high usability, enhanced creative engagement in craft making, and encouraged critical reflection on the role of Generative AI in digital craft practices. This work contributes to human-computer interaction by introducing a novel creativity-support tool and providing empirical insights into revitalizing traditional craft making through Generative AI.
Problem
Research questions and friction points this paper is trying to address.
Revitalizing traditional lacquerware through interactive circuit design
Lowering technical barriers for creative interaction design in crafts
Supporting cultural heritage preservation with generative AI tools
Innovation
Methods, ideas, or system contributions that make the work stand out.
Generative AI-powered tool for interactive circuit design
Multi-agent workflow based on double diamond model
Enables circuit creation without technical expertise
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