Paco Rabanne defined fashion in the 60’s by experimenting with different kinds of materials. Says Rabanne in 1966, “I defy anyone to design a hat, coat or dress that hasn’t been done before…The only new frontier left in fashion is the finding of new materials“. Enter in the disc dress (left photo) made of small […]
John’s Background Switcher periodically changes the background image on your computer (like every hour or every day) – it can use your Flickr account, any tags and just about any photo – very nice! Link. Related: The MAKE Flickr photo pool – Link. All photos on Flickr tagged with MAKE – Link. Flickr projects on […]
If you hang out in the user created virtual world Second Life one of the popular things to do is use animations for dancing, interaction, avatar personality and using for filming (also called Machinima) – animations are usually created with Poser, but now there’s a new free way to create the animation files (.BVH) . […]
MAKE subscriber Bill has a great kite building blog along with a lot of resources and photos Link. Kite Aerial Flickr photo set. Kite building forums. Pictured here, a geodesic dome that looks like a golf ball when photographed from up above. Related: Kite Aerial Photography Puts Your Eye in the Sky by Charles C. […]
The Exploratorium has hundreds of simple experiments, hands on activities, projects and things to make! [via] Link.
One more old book from Cpikas! – “The Chemical Formulary – about 15 volumes from 1933 to 1957 with recipes for everything from pyrotechnics to vegetable soup! Includes recipes for hair pomade and flares… Very, very cool… The Chemical Formulary: Collection of Commercial Formulas for Making Thousands of Products in Many Fields – Amazon.
Cpikas posted up about a great looking book series- “The coolest old books — the Foxfire series. Everything from log cabin building to dressing a pig. It’s all Appalachian crafts.” Link. The Foxfire Book : Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonshining […]
