Into ADXXVi

Notes by the eye

2026 is Anno Disorienti Twenty Six (ADXXVi), the 26th year on the Disorient calendar.
Here are some possible directions for ADXXVi.

ADXXVi: Happy Accidents

The cursor lands off-grid,
altering the expected arc
by a few pixels.
The melody adjusts itself.
As the signal drifts,
patterns reorient.

Disorient Sbagliato Font

Disorient Sbagliato
For 2026 designs that call for a Disorient font.

D26 (Disorient on playa)

Playa cover

- Rolls of woven PET instead of drop cloths to protect playa. Ask Artery
- Power stapler/nailer instead of nails and washers
- Staples remover

CoSign

- Pallet Rack used only to support CoSign, not for Club House
- Modify dimensions (slightly smaller in all dimensions) for tighter storage inside container
- CoSign fabrication event (DGFT offered to host)
- Activate CoSign phase 2

Bedouin Tent

- Second Bedouin Tent to create shade for new CH
- Containers placed to open into Bedouin Tent
- Bottle service without bottles or service
- Comfy and intimate areas under Bedouin tent
- Towards 10000 candles. Maybe 3000 this year?
- Enclosed space under tent provides protection and intimacy. Space needs to be enclosed. Use walls or large objects such as containers to enclose most of the BT
- Use existing inflatables

Talks

- Talks need a stronger concept and tighter presentation
- Talks by DOers. Identify expertise within campers
- Visual anchor. Emulate the red dot of Ted Talks

Music and Sound

- Our niche is an intimate space with a great sound system
- Intimate setting opportunity for DJs who come to the playa to play on large art cars, etc.
- Maintain top quality sound
- D26 music: Trance architecture, spacial, 303, 808, =< 115 bpm

Solar

Disorient keeps making progress with solar. The past couple of years have brought improvements to our solar setup and shows our desire to expand solar use but the solar cell needs help. To continue in this direction we make solar a higher priority at D26. A stack of solar panels made it to D25 but did not get deployed. Prioritizing solar means that those panels will get used at D26. We use our panels to:
1. Generate electricity to help with our gas consumption
and
2. Provide shade for our community by replacing some of the shade structures.

Structure to support solar panels between containers

To that end we design and implement a system of beams and columns to deploy solar panels across the top of our shipping containers. Easy installation and breakdown of structure. Invest in dedicated components to save time? Easy connection and disconnection of solar panels to structure. Snap-on?

Man Watch station at BM 2025: