Egg City
MADE on EARTH – Egg city, Guangzhou, China – [via] Link. More MADE on EARTH (MAKEZine.com) – Link. More MADE on Earth (MAKE print) – Link.
Year: 2006
Sketchup and the web 3.D future
We love SketchUp – at Macworld 2006 we gave it “Best of Show” and on Pi day 3/14 (ironic!) they were acquired by Google – congrats gang! Link. Download the free trial here and get making! – Link. Pictured here, a very cool house drawing from Alvaro Carnicero from the “Sketchup” tag on Flickr – […]
(en)Gadget cakes
This is the most insane collection of gadget related cakes for Engadget’s 2nd birthday, my favorite is the one that has licorice as wiring – ours pals at Instructables even laser cut one! Link.
Instructables is hip
Village voice on Instructables – “By making it easier to DIY, sites like Instructables are lowering the transaction costs of opting out of commercial culture and weakening the value proposition in yet another trip to Target. And really, who likes turnips anyway? Here, have a Throwie.” – Thanks Ladyada! Link. Pictured here, LED Throwies, the […]
Nike shoes as art
Our pals at ExtremeCraft point to artist Brian Jungen who deconstructs/reconstructs Nikes into various forms reminiscent of dinosaur skulls, mandalas, ceremonial masks, and other sundry objects. Nike athletic footwear, collection of Michael J. Audain and Yoshiko Karasawa, Vancouver – Vancouver Art Gallery – [via] Link.
American Inventor – live blogging & chat with MAKE!
Join MAKE at the blog for live blogging on American Inventor, if you’re on IRC hit irc.freenode.net and join #make if you want to chat with other Makers as the show airs. I’m not sure what to expect, MAKE covered the auditions and a lot of the new Maker-made sites afterwards but it’s still a […]
Improved Steadicam for under $40
Compatta writes – “Did you ever want a steadicam that perhaps actually looked and acted like the steadicam the pros use? Well, my easy steadicam design involves no cutting of metals and the hardest things are perhaps cutting pvc and cutting wood (which in fact we all love). I tried to build one with strings, […]