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WOVNS Turns Digital Designs into Made-to-Order Textiles

WOVNS Turns Digital Designs into Made-to-Order Textiles

Dena Molnar

By Dena Molnar

Dena Molnar

Dena Molnar is a Textile Designer and graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design with a concentration in Technology. Dena is the co-founder of WOVNS, a textile technology platform that is changing the way textiles are produced. Her work focuses on the relationship between textiles and digital technologies, addressing how their intersection can influence material development and specification.

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David A. Mellis

By David A. Mellis

David A. Mellis

David A. Mellis has a long history with DIY and personal fabrication, both in academia and industry. David is one of the creators of Arduino and is now the Technology lead at WOVNS where he advocates the introduction of code through new mediums and mode of practice. His work seeks to engage new audiences in technology, design, and making.

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We’ve seen print on demand knitted goods before, but WOVNS is jumping into the tech of textiles with jacquard.

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Turning Ordinary Objects into Dubstep Loops

Turning Ordinary Objects into Dubstep Loops

By Michael Colombo

Michael Colombo

In addition to being an online editor for MAKE Magazine, Michael Colombo works in fabrication, electronics, sound design, music production and performance (Yes. All that.) In the past he has also been a childrens' educator and entertainer, and holds a Masters degree from NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

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An Instrument for the Sonification of Everday Things is an electronic device that consists of a retractable spindle that will accept most any readily available item. Then a scanning laser reads the distance of the object as it rotates and translates that data into musical notes.

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Build a Touchless 3D Tracking Interface with Everyday Materials

By Nick Normal

Nick Normal

I'm an artist & maker. A lifelong biblioholic, and advocate for all-things geekathon. Home is Long Island City, Queens, which I consider the greatest place on Earth. 5-year former Resident of Flux Factory, co-organizer for World Maker Faire (NYC), and blogger all over the net. Howdy!

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Using a variety of low- and high-tech components, we’ll show you how to build A Touchless 3D Tracking Interface.

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Plinko Poetry

Plinko Poetry

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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Two of my classmates at ITP made this incredibly fun sendup of the game Plinko from The Price Is Right. It’s called Plinko Poetry and I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with it over the past few days.

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Cut a Rug in the Dance Shanty

Cut a Rug in the Dance Shanty

By Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson

Matt Richardson is a San Francisco-based creative technologist and Contributing Editor at MAKE. He’s the co-author of Getting Started with Raspberry Pi and the author of Getting Started with BeagleBone.

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The Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake in Plymouth, MN “is a four-week exhibition that is part sculpture park, part artist residency, and part social experiment, inspired by traditional ice fishing houses that dot the state’s lakes in winter.” Jordan Husney helped out with the Dance Shanty, “an innocuous white structure on a frozen lake, […]

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