After hearing William Massie speak at Berkeley last spring I couldn't help but think how his process could be applied to interactive design. Massie builds cheap experimental modernist houses by skipping the documentation and blueprinting phase, and going directly to machining molds by using a PC 3-d software and CNC milling maching.

For those in Vancouver he will be speaking at UBC January 30, 2003. Also found a business week article on the subject. Can't help but agree with the article, I think we'll hear his name more frequently.

Link:
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jun2002/nf20020618_3300.htm
http://www.lecturesonarchitecture.net/
http://www.uedesignlab.com/uelog/archives/000012.html#000012