Tidelines (2021) is a kinetic origami sculpture at the Museum of Science, Boston, created by Alexander McIver Garcia. It features 16 folded origami forms inspired by lily pads and clouds, suspended from the ceiling. Each piece has stepper motors and RGB LEDs, moving and lighting up in coordinated patterns that mimic natural motion, creating a dynamic light and shadow experience.

For a visual experience of Tidelines, you can watch the following video:

Tidelines – Kinetic Origami Sculpture at the Museum of Science, Boston

The shadow animation lamp is inspired by shadow play and Zoetrope (a classic optical toy for animation), which are common two types of amusement in our everyday life.

The idea has become realized by simple mechanism using strobe light & spinning cylinder with pattern. Shadow Animation Lamp consists of a motor part and a lighting part.

https://www.designboom.com/project/shadow-animation-lamp/

‘airy’ by japanese firm 24° studio is a lamp series that uses japanese rice paper as a main ingredient. lamination on the surface prevents the material from tarnishing and tearing and gives it the benefit of being fire-retardant. a simple slot-in assembly is required to complete the kit, consisting of five- and six-sided panels with a finely cut perforation pattern that allows the end users to extrude each piece into a desired form. ‘while maintaining the characteristics of the rice paper that provide a soft diffused lighting effect, the geometrical pattern brings unique experience to the space when airy is lit,’ says the studio.

https://www.designboom.com/design/24d-studio-airy-lamp-series-japanese-rice-paper-01-22-2015/

‘LC shutters’ by louise campbell for louis poulsen

Components and supplies

1 Breadboard (generic)

2 Resistor 1k ohm

5 Jumper wires (generic)

1 Arduino UNO

1 LED (generic)

1 pushbutton 

1const int BUTTON = 2;
2const int LED = 3;
3int BUTTONstate = 0;
4
5void  setup()
6{
7  pinMode(BUTTON, INPUT);
8  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
9}
10
11void  loop()
12{
13  BUTTONstate = digitalRead(BUTTON);
14  if (BUTTONstate == HIGH)
15  {
16    digitalWrite(LED, HIGH);
17  } 
18  else{
19    digitalWrite(LED,  LOW);
20  }
21}

1const int BUTTON = 2;
2const int LED = 3;
3int BUTTONstate = 0;
4
5void  setup()
6{
7  pinMode(BUTTON, INPUT);
8  pinMode(LED, OUTPUT);
9}
10
11void  loop()
12{
13  BUTTONstate = digitalRead(BUTTON);
14  if (BUTTONstate == HIGH)
15  {
16    digitalWrite(LED, LOW);

Flex sensors are resistance-based sensors that react to how much they get bent. The more they are bent, the larger the resistance across the sensor. The Arduino is able to measure the changing resistance to determine how much the sensor is bent.

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  int val = analogRead(A0);

  Serial.println(val);
  delay(100);
}

PIR sensors (or passive infrared sensors) are motion sensors that measure subtle changes in infrared light in the room and register that change as movement. The processing is done on the chip and it outputs a current based on whether or not it detects motion.

int pin = 2;

void setup(){
  pinMode(pin, INPUT);

  pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
}

void loop(){
  int pirVal = digitalRead(pin);

  if (pirVal == 0) {
    digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
  } else {
    digitalWrite(13, LOW);
  }

  delay(100);
}

Infrared distance sensors are sensors that measure how far away an object is by shooting infrared light at the object and measuring how much light is reflected back. They output an analog current which can be read by the Arduino.

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  int val = analogRead(A0);

  Serial.println(val);

  delay(100);
}

int trigger = 12;

int echo = 13;

int led = 8;

long duration = 0;

int cm = 0;

int inch = 0;

void setup() {

  // put your setup code here, to run once:

  Serial.begin(9600);

  pinMode(trigger, OUTPUT);

  pinMode(echo, INPUT);

  pinMode(led, OUTPUT);

}

void loop() {

  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:

  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);

  digitalWrite(trigger, HIGH);

  digitalWrite(trigger, LOW);

  duration = pulseIn(echo, HIGH);

  cm = duration*0.034/2;

  inch = duration*0.0133/2;

  if (inch < 50){

    digitalWrite(led, HIGH);

  } else {

    digitalWrite(led, LOW);

  }

  if (inch < 100 ) {

    Serial.print("Inches: ");

    Serial.println(inch);

    Serial.print("Cm: ");

    Serial.println(cm);

  }

  delay(500);

}