 The senses, design beyond vision. Active textile, experiments. Cross-shape slits cover a dark material. The edges curl and uncurl. Long-curving slits run across a strip of material. Narrow strips cut across the curves. The strips open and close. Fabrication. Two sheets of material pass through a roller, bonding together. A device cuts slits into black material. A sheet of material has been cut with a pattern of slits. A flexible aluminum screen unrolls over the material. Screen reconfiguration. The aluminum screen stands on edge, like a room divider, curving into different shapes. Light activation. Light shines through the opening slits from behind. The strips of material curl and bend in response to the light opening and closing. Active textile, self-assembly lab. MIT Design Text Steelcase. Self-Assembly Lab team. Andrew Mormon, Megan Foo, Shendi Kernazen, Jared Lauch, Skylar Tibbets. Design Text team. Carol Derby, Matthew Noterman, Petra Simmons, Shayna Garfield, Kyle Wilson. GovMark, Phyllis Pettit. Steelcase team, Sharon Tracy, Paul Knoll.