Diderot's Database
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Exploring the Encyclopédie as a historical precedent for computational knowledge systems in design. This project investigates how Enlightenment-era methods of classification, cros…
Critical investigations into the history, epistemology, and cultural implications of computational design systems. This theme opens experimental archaeologies of CAD software, engineering knowledge systems, and the intellectual genealogy of design computing.
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Exploring the Encyclopédie as a historical precedent for computational knowledge systems in design. This project investigates how Enlightenment-era methods of classification, cros…
Daniel Cardoso Llach, Emek Erdolu
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Serena Sun
The Spring 2026 CM-A Computational Design Event Series, titled Zones Unseen, brings together a cross-disciplinary group of researchers and practitioners. Spanning architecture, ro…

Daniel Cardoso Llach
Computer-aided design (CAD) software systems are cultural artifacts which have re-structured the work and lived experience of architects, engineers, and other designers. The Exper…