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Embroidery as code

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workOrnament as Operator: Machine Genealogies Through (GLINA³), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nl

Other sources

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A glowing panel of blue-white points tracing a lace-like embroidery pattern, on blackImage: GLINA3Museum or journal record
Slide 2
Diagram of four steps: archival embroidery, Jacquard punched cards, Python code, responsive lightImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against GLINA3, press kit 2222
Slide 3
Diagram listing three LED modules, pattern, interpretation and behavior, and the ceramic diffusersImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against GLINA3, press kit 2222
Slide 4
Diagram of a line from 5 centimeters to 1 meter: your distance from the screens changes the patternImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against GLINA3, press kit 2222
Ring frame
Naaimachine van gelakt staal, ingelegd met parelmoer en voorzien van keramiek handvat, op een houten bodemplaatFrame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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