Overview

In this workshop, we unpacked the word “binary” in a Collect and Clustering post-it exercise, then observed flip dot examples in action. We learned about the nature of magnets and electromagnetism as a mechanism for creating motion, then constructed our own flip dots.

Assignment

• Finish your 1-bit swatch. (Optional: Place it in a narrative context based on our mapping exercise)
• Post your ideas and any inspiration/precedents for your final project. (SEE EMAIL)

Resources:

• Single Crochet around a ring
• Crafted Logic and supporting documentation at Stitching Worlds
• KOBAKANT’s Flip Dot Swatch Documentation

Key moments:

• You need an additional power source for activating nitinol – Arduino alone will not get the job done. It cannot output enough current.
• Simplicity is beautiful. Elegance, delight, and complexity can be found without all the trappings and features.
• Binary mapping themes / takeaways:
  • Duality stands alone.
  • Reality vs the ideal.
  • Most binaries are human constructs.
  • Systematized mystery is universal.
  • Groupings feel close, but far. Spectrum unites them.
  • Overall, the process was energizing.
• Water needs to be extra hot for polymorph to change states.
• The number of coils counts.
• Be sure to leave extra wire to solder to.
• Crocheting is always hard at first 🙂