Bart van Nes

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Working on more colours for the fidget rings. Ther

Working on more colours for the fidget rings. There is a black and a white variety. Next thing is coming up with a different way to glue it so the parts won't separate.

Some fidget experiments I did, some worked others

Some fidget experiments I did, some worked others did not.

1. Fidget nail. I glued a tiny fidget spinner to my nail. Of all these experiments this one worked the best. I used the fidget spinner and thought it looked very funny. The only downside is it gets easily stuck behind things.

2+3. Using nail polish as a fidget. My plan was to slowly peel of the nail polish. This did not quite work because the nail polish gets very hard. You cannot peel it off easily enough.

4. Sowing a fidget to my sweater sleeve. I often scratch my upper arm, so it made sense to put a fidget in that place. The main reason this experiment did not work was because it was too warm to wear a fidget. When I did wear it I noticed I did not fidget with it, I’m not quite sure why.

Fidget pet in the wild. I brought one of the fidg

Fidget pet in the wild.
I brought one of the fidgets with me to the pub and it worked great! People were constantly using it. It would take the fidget 20 minutes to die but in the 7 hours we were at the pub it did not die once. People were using it while having conversations or would pick it up when they saw it was dying.

I made two more fidget pets. These ones I 3D-print

I made two more fidget pets. These ones I 3D-printed, this made it very easy to quickly make a lot of prototypes. Another benefit is that there is a lot of room within the fidget. One of the fidgets has a button to fidget with, the other one has two switches. Both fidgets have a ring of light all the way around the fidget, this makes it so that you can see it from all sides.

The Electronics for this project were very fun to

The Electronics for this project were very fun to work on. I liked challenging myself to see how many components I could fit in such a small space. Another challenge was to make it seem more alive, to achieve this I programmed in a heartbeat.

1. Soldering on the microchip

2. I explored connecting the fidget to an app this way you can see how many times you have fidgeted. This was fun to do but also challenging. I had never worked with BLE (Bluetooth low energy) before and it took quite some time to figure everything out. I got it working for the most part and I’m sure I can figure out the last little detail.

3. Adding a vibrating motor. This way of signaling is more obvious than the LED. If you would ignore the LED for too long the Fidget will start to buzz every now and again.

4. Some late night soldering.

5. Testing wireless charging

The first working fidget pet. This one is made fro

The first working fidget pet. This one is made from 2 plywood halves that are held together by magnets. On the top is a little birthmark where the light shines through. The downside of this is that the light is not always visible. On the side there is a tiny switch you can fidget with. If you don’t fidget for a little while, the light slowly turns red indicating the fidget is dying. If you fidget with the little switch the light slowly turns green again.

1. The first working Fidget.

2. Crude prototype.

3. Shape of the Fidget

4. Resetting the LED from red to green.

5. The inside of the fidget. The red connector is for the battery. The black chip is the microcontroller. The white disk is the LED. and the little black thing is the switch to fidget with.

6. Fidgeting with the switch.

7. Fidgeting the fidget back to life. In the video it turns green quickly, the final one would be slower.

The goal for this project is to make a fidget that

The goal for this project is to make a fidget that motivates you to fidget with it.
The fidget should encourage you to get up from your seat every now and again and take a little walk.
The fidget should feel nice and look pretty.
The fidget should motivate you to use it in a way that’s not intrusive to your workflow.

I settled on the idea of a fidget pet. The fidget lives in your pocket and on your desk and you need to use it to keep it alive. If you don’t fidget with it for a long time the fidget will slowly die. You will know the fidget is not doing well by a colored light on the fidget.

The shape
I decided to start making fidgets out of wood. It’s pleasant to hold and easy to shape. There should be a cavity inside for electronics. There also should be a little “window” where the light can shine through, so you know the “health” of your fidget.

1. A fidget with a rotary encoder in it. The rotary encoder clicks when you turn it. It feels very nice and is satisfying to use. The spinning disk is made from a coin and looks good.

2. First tryout for a shape. It feels very nice to run your finger along the indent. It is too small for electronics to fit in.

3. A second shape I made with multiple potential places for components to fidget with.

4. A third shape with a plastic band around it for the light. Because the band goes all the way around you can see the light from all angles.

An interactive sound piece using a Kinect and Touc

An interactive sound piece using a Kinect and TouchDesigner Using my body I can manipulate the whistle. One of my hands controls the pitch of the whistles, the other one the speed. If I jump it triggers a different whistle.

I made a little scroll to give ideas of how to move to manipulate the sound.

A visualization I made in TouchDesigner of how I f

A visualization I made in TouchDesigner of how I feel my brain works on ADHD medication.
The colorful part is my brain without medication, it is colorful and looks fun, but is also a bit chaotic. The white part is my brain on medication, it is way more organized but also looks a bit boring.
I made a football with a gyroscope inside to add an interactive part to the project. When you kick and move the ball around, the white sphere on the screen moves accordingly.

. Bend wooden rings. I did research about how to b

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Bend wooden rings. I did research about how to bend wood into rings. I researched 5 types of wood and 3 different methods. After I successfully made some rings, I did research about how I could mix epoxy and different powders to create colorful inlays.

1. Oak ring.
2. Oak ring with colored pencil inlays.
3. Spruce ring with charcoal inlays.
4. Spruce ring with copper powder “inlay”.
5. Tulipwood ring with clear inlay.
6. Oak ring (tall).
7. First test (unknown wood, sowing threat inlay).
8. Wood bending experiments.
9. Some of my inlay experiments.
10. Some more of my inlay experiments.

. Wooden camera parts. I carved some decorations f

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Wooden camera parts. I carved some decorations for my camera out of spruce wood.

1. The whole camera.
2. Wooden lens cap.
3. Hot shoe cover, front.
4. Hot shoe cover, back.
5. Film advance lever.

. A toilet roll holder made from wood, leather and

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A toilet roll holder made from wood, leather and magnesium. The mechanism to change the roll is discreetly hidden away.

1. The holder in use.
2. The holder itself.
3. How to change rolls.

. A stool that can be used and stored in different

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A stool that can be used and stored in different configurations. The stool is made from multiple wooden slats that are nailed to two strips of recycled car seat belt. The seat belt is flexible, but the wood is not, this makes that the stool is able to bend in only one direction.

1. The stool in a rolled-up state.
2. The stool in a standing up state.
3. The stool in a folded down state. (For storage)
4. Some drawings I made.
5. Making the stool.

. Half a chair. For this @designacademyeindhoven a

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Half a chair.
For this @designacademyeindhoven assignment I had to cut a plastic chair in half. Using only one of the halves, I had to design it back into a working chair. For the materials I was allowed to use plastics and a certain amount of wood.

My goal was to make a simple but durable design using recycled plastics. The wooden “frame” of the chair is held together with wood joints. The backrest is made from plastic rope I cut from used PET bottles.

The backrest is flexible and forms to the shape of your back, this makes it very comfortable.

1. The chair.
2. The model.
3. The backrest.
4. Making the rope.

. A necklace with a camera inside. This camera ta

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A necklace with a camera inside.
This camera takes five pictures spread out over the day, at random moments. At the end of the day these five pictures will be combined into one image.

This image can help you reflect on the day in a simple way. Using the image as a reminder you can reconstruct your day and think about how your day went. While studying the image you might even see things you did not notice in the moment.

The necklace also gives value to ordinary days. At the end of each day, you’ll end up with an art piece summarizing your day. the necklace will turn even the most boring days into an interesting image.

1. The necklace I made.
2. Wearing the necklace.
3-6 Some of the results.

. Tips & experiences Despite the main assignme

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Tips & experiences
Despite the main assignment staying the same, every lesson is just a little bit different. While doing this assignment I’ve discovered some things that helped me during the lessons. I want to share these tips and experiences with you. This way I hope I can make your life just a little bit easier.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. This lesson This lesson I had a walk with a

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This lesson
This lesson I had a walk with a guide who taught me about colors. It was very interesting to see how she
sees the world. The first walk I did on my own was okay but halfway through my second walk something clicked. As soon as this happened, I was amazed by how different the world looked and I could not stop smiling. For now, I still mostly see the colors I looked for during the video, but I expect that will improve over time.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. This lesson This lesson was inspired by two

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This lesson
This lesson was inspired by two projects from students from Design Academy Eindhoven. I did not really work out the way I intended to. After I finished the video, I still noticed new street types but after about a week I stopped noticing. The reason for this class not to be a success could be that I did not feel
invested enough with the subject. If I had to redo this lesson, I would make it more specific. Not just
looking at types of streets but for example have a close up look at different types of tiles.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. This lesson. This lesson I had a walk with a g

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This lesson.
This lesson I had a walk with a guide who taught me about Bird-calls. After our walk I noticed a lot more birds during my own walks. Not only do I now hear more birds, I also see them more. And when I see these birds, I look at them differently. In the past when I saw a bird I just saw "a" bird. Now, I also see what they have in their beak, their nests and wat they eat. I can’t wait to (consciously or unconsciously) put this new view to use!
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. The assignment This sub-assignment is the seco

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The assignment
This sub-assignment is the second assignment you will do in this class. This assignment helps you expand how you observe the world. This will help you in the main assignment and makes your results more diverse.

This lesson
This lesson I did a blindfolded walk together with a friend. This was an eye-opening experience for me. This assignment made me realize how visual my view on the world is. This assignment taught me a lot of very interesting things I never would have discovered otherwise. In hindsight I should have done this assignment a long time ago.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. The assignment This sub-assignment is the very

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The assignment
This sub-assignment is the very first assignment you do during this class. With this assignment you will learn wat your personal view on the world is. This will give you a good base for the main assignment.

This lesson
This lesson I learned a lot about my view on the world. I already knew my view was nature oriented, but I did not realize how much this was the case. This assignment made me realize how much potential inspiration sources I miss during my walks.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

. I designed a class to expand your view on the w

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I designed a class to expand your view on the world.

The idea behind this class.
As a designer I often take walks. It helps me to take distance from my projects, it helps me to get in the mindset for a design project and to clear my head after a long day of work. It also helps me to get inspiration. But how great would it be to get even more inspiration during these walks. I noticed my view was mostly focused towards nature, on these walks. Because of this I almost certainly missed out on potential, non-nature related inspiration sources.

The class
In this extra-mural class you will learn how to notice more, and different inspiration sources, during your walks (and later even when you are not walking). You will learn how other people look at the world and how you can add that to your world view.

The lessons
Every lesson you walk with a different guide and lean their view on the world.
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An assignment for @extramural.academy

I made bee wax candles, colored witch food scraps!

I made bee wax candles, colored witch food scraps! During the @makematerialsense lessons at school. I did a lot of research and ended up with these Beautiful candles.

1. All the candles I made witch some ingredients.
2. Yellow candle made with lemon peel
3. Green candle made with lime peel
4. Orange candle made with orange peel
5. Green candle with a pleasant smell made witch lavender
6. Red candle made with red pepper
7. Party candle with lots of colors.
8. The first candle I made colored with red pepper and orange.
9. Just a part of the research I've done.
10. ‘’Waste’’ from making peanut oil makes birds happy.

I made a wooden tool holder. I never leave the hou

I made a wooden tool holder.
I never leave the house without my daily essentials again.