(Re) active materials for sensitive, adaptive and interactive design. Practices for a (re) generation of sense for well-being and comfort

The article aims to read the transition of material design approaches identifying an evolutive models with major principles and contribution into the health improvement through material innovations. The analysis follows a bottom-up approach, using a case-based reasoning methodology to study well-being concept evolution and identify new material experimentations frontiers within three approaches: Imitative, Augmentative, and Mutational. The contribution of the article reflects and suggests the introduction of new material design approaches to manage the design of advanced materials’ behaviuors in their future development, highlighting their potential impact on user satisfaction and acceptance, collective welfare improvement, performance optimization, and environmental concerns.