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the flip-flop (n.) the process of pushing a work of art or craft from the physical world to the digital world and back again—maybe more than once

That’s pretty abstract. Here’s an example recipe:

1. Carve a statue out of stone. PHYSICAL
2. Digitize your statue with a 3D scanner. DIGITAL
3. Make some edits. Shrink it down. Add wings. STILL DIGITAL
4. Print the edited sculpture in plastic with a 3D printer. PHYSICAL AGAIN

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- By Robin Sloan.