Pa++ern is a project by Japanese duo Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi that uses a special “esoteric embroidery language” to create custom embroidered t-shirts using Twitter as the control interface. The program uses sets of one character commands that instruct a sewing machine to excecute specific designs. Users can input these command codes via the Twitter micro-blogging service (@_pt), and view their results on the Pa++ern website.

The creators explain:

“Perhaps trying out a conventional machine in a different or unexpected manner can become a thrilling action for adults and can make them find new ideas, and turn around the predicted results of their electronics.”

Pa++ern is currently being shown at the Beams Gallery in Tokyo through August 11th, and t-shirts will soon be available for sale online.