Furniture & Lighting

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.

Make Your Own High-Quality Video Studio Lights

Make Your Own High-Quality Video Studio Lights

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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Save some money and make some high-quality, color-controllable LED lights for your video recording studio.

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How To: Make LED-based “Neon” Signs

How To: Make LED-based “Neon” Signs

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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John Park documents how he turned some LED light strips into convincing (and programmable) neon-like signage.

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Red Bull Creation Returns With High-Five Machine and 9 Other Crazy Contraptions

Red Bull Creation Returns With High-Five Machine and 9 Other Crazy Contraptions

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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High-five-inducing chairs. A super-sized springboard. A bent-pipe tree that lets you send whispers to someone standing far away. This weekend the Red Bull Creation returned for its fifth challenge in seven years, pitting ten teams of artists, engineers, and makers against each other in a three-day build-something-cool contest. With the subversively political theme of “Bridges […]

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Weekend Watch: The Maker Monster Invades YouTube

Weekend Watch: The Maker Monster Invades YouTube

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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A beast of a maker premiers on YouTube with a baguette mood light?

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