Here are new and improved placards for the rotational decider.
Seeking Advice: Tells if you should or should not do something.
Yes and No: Answers the question.
Numeric Solutions 1-50. For random number generation.
Instant Destination: Gives you a unique unexpected place to go, based on your current location.
Blank: allows the user to create their own custom placard.
1. 01-50 number generator
2. 15 answers to a question. 5 yes/ 5 no/ 5 maybe. Based on the magic 8 ball, but with different answers. Another difference is that the magic 8 ball has 10 yes/ 5 no/ 5 maybe (which seems unfair to me)
3. in progress/unknown 16 option
To unify them all I plan to only use black and white as color, and only three line weights; circles, squares, and the angles found in the eight pointed star.
Today I went to Chinatown (where all of the best building/ specialty supply stores are) and did lots of research on my wheel. I went to a motor store, and learned a bit about electronics and motors. I’m looking into getting a 12V 5000 rpm DC motor to run the RG-0108 (naming system i’m considering for the products—in this case meaning Random Generator/one wheel/ eight inch diameter). I also went to military surplus stores, art stores, canal plastics, and lighting stores looking for ideas and trying to find parts. Between this and all of my internet research, I have a better grasp on what will work and what wont, and now im going to get to work. I think im going to abandon the aluminum case idea for a nice wooden case, they just dont seem to be accessible in a way that will work for me.
Ive got the logistics of the mechanical building I need to do 75% figured out; I still have a lot of design work to do. Thats my next step. I picked up a circular protractor for designing wheel placards by hand, and Im going to jump right into some logo/ type work.
Also, my dice are in.
here are my favorites:
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sketches for the single wheel.
left to right: the case; inside; diagram of wheel spinning mechanism; ideas for different placards to put on the wheel.
below: sketches for the multi wheel.
top view; perspective; diagram.
I just ordered all of these dice online. including d6s, d8s, d10s, d20s, alphabet dice, a d30, and even a d100!
If your half the nerd I am, you’re super exited right now.
This is the end result of all of the experiments I’ve been conducting on the topic of chance; a 140 page documentation book called Fifteen Random Walks: Explorations of Chance in Trajectory. It chronicles the process I used (various stages can be seen in past posts on this site) starting with defining chance; developing a system of generating locations randomly; mapping them out; taking/finding pictures of the places; and finally analyzing the results.
Above: The Cover. Below: Select spreads
So this project has come to an end—But I’m only getting started.
In case you didn’t know, the things I am doing on this site are a part of my graphic design thesis project at the School of Visual Arts in The Senior Project Class—taught by Paul Sahre and Lindsay Ballant. Up to now, this has been a guided process the whole class has been led through—where we have been doing an exploration of our topic (chance, for me) that we chose after analyzing the first assignment we did, and the reasons behind our solutions. Everything we do informs the next step, culminating in a result that we could have not chosen in the beginning.
So what’s next for me?
Well, I’m working on developing my project idea right now, and expecting some exciting results. All that I am revealing currently is that it will involve chance (obviously), and it will be 11-43% more involved than this project was.
So please, bookmark this page and come back often to see what I’m up to, and let me know what you think.
500 cards—each completely unique—with possible winning numbers for three popular New York Lottery games.
Are you here because you found one of these cards? Did you play any of the numbers? Were you a winner?
I would love to know how your numbers fared for you, where you found the card, or what you think of all of this. Feel welcome to leave a comment, and check back often to see what is new on the site.
Why do this? I wanted to bring a new audience to the site, but I wanted to find an unconventional way of going about it. The challenges to me were; to bring curious people in to the site that were open to the idea of chance as an influence in their own life (as well as finding a group outside of art/design community) and also to not just advertise or litter the city with these cards, but give something that could potentially be of value to the viewer if they act on it.
I designed and built this wheel to aid myself in the process of generating chance. It is multifuncional; giving results for;
+/- (or heads/tails); up/down/left/right; and 360 degrees (in increments of ten).
Over the next fifteen days, I will be generating random numbers for a project I am working on. These booklets will help me keep track of the daily records.
Their are three booklets. The first is a two way choice, Heads or Tails. The second is a four way choice; Up, Down, Left, and Right. The third is used for 360 degree choices.
These are the serial numbers from five U.S. Dollar Bills (chosen without consideration from my wallet), isolated under plexiglas. 
