A DIS 2026 Workshop
What if food is not only something we eat, but a medium through which we interact with the intertwined digital and material world? Join our DIS2026 workshop, Beyond Interfaces: The Future of Edible Interactions. Expect a mix of making, playing, thinking, tasting, and imagining together.
Edible interactions are emerging as an exciting direction in HCI, grounded within Human-Food Interaction (HFI), where food is no longer just a source of sustenance. Instead, it becomes an interactive interface with computing technologies, a testbed of research, and a material of design.
In this workshop, we will dive into this evolving space together, exploring how edible interactions can be sensed, transformed, and experienced across multiple modalities – touch, taste, sound, and beyond.
✨ About the Workshop
This hands-on workshop brings together people working across HCI, design, engineering, perception science, and more. We will:
• Experience live demos & prototypes
• Engage in interactive group discussions
• Share early ideas, concepts, and artifacts
• Co-create future directions for edible interactions
👥 Who we’re looking for
We welcome:
• Researchers & students in HCI, design, fabrication, or engineering
• People working on multisensory, crossmodal, or material-based experiences
• Anyone exploring food, perception, or interactive systems
🚀What we aim to achieve
Together, we want to:
• Build a connected community around edible interactions
• Develop a shared language and framework across disciplines
• Explore future applications and research directions
• Spark new collaborations and projects
💡 Bring your prototype, concept, or just your curiosity.
• Deadline: May 30
• Send your submission to: hongyue@exertiongameslab.org
• Workshop access code: 8151W18
More information
https://www.edibleinteractions.art
Organizers
Hongyue Wang, Monash University
Jialin Deng, University of Bristol
Yuchen Zheng, Monash University
Ziqi Fang, Monash University
Charles Spence, University of Oxford
Ferran Altarriba Bertran, Universitat De Girona
Koya Narumi, Keio University
Lei Gao, University College London
Weijen Chen, Keio University
Lining Yao, University of California, Berkeley
Mako Miyatake, University of California, Berkeley
Marianna Obrist, University College London
Homei Miyashita, Meiji University
Chi Thanh Vi, Thu Dau Mot University
Oussama Metatla, University of Bristol
Florian ‘Floyd’ Mueller, Monash University
Workshop proposal submission
Wang, H., Deng, J., Zheng, Y., Fang, Z., Spence, C., Bertran, F., Narumi, K., Gao, L., Chen, W., Yao, L., Miyatake, M., Obrist, M., Miyashita, H., Vi, C., Metatla, O., Mueller, F. Beyond Interfaces: the Future of Edible Interactions. DIS 2026. Workshop (organizing). ACM.