Retro-futuristic lamp art
Incredible retro-futuristic lamps by New York lighting and furniture designer Art Donovan. (Notice how I didn’t use the “S” word). Art Donovan/Steampunk Design [via]
Month: May 2008
STEIM music research center needs your help!
The Dutch music research organization STEIM is responsible for exploring and redefining the boundaries of music making and performance – expanding old notions of instrumentation and interaction into elements many sound-makers focus on today. Unfortunately, the governmental department that helps fund STEIM doesn’t know about this – Things are not well at STEIM. We are […]
Wim Delvoye’s Steel Art
PT @ MAKE points us to Wim Delvoye’s intricate art made from Corten steel, the same material used in Richard Serra’s monolithic sculptures. The site doesn’t say, but I’m willing to bet some kind of laser or plasma cutter was involved. Related: Cal Lane’s Steel Lace
Homemade plastic – from milk!
We’ve mentioned making plastic with milk before; Coffeebot has a great Instructable on the subject. The plastic is moldable, and has a consistency of soggy cheese (I certainly hope I never encounter cheese that’s anything like this!). When all is said and done, it should take you about 10-15 minutes to make the plastic (less […]
Monica Burnett’s New Website
One of my fave crochet artists ever, Monica Burnett, has just launched her fully re-designed webshop fully stocked with all kinds of cute and kooky one-of-a-kind headbands, hats, and other accessories she’s become known for. (FYI, I own a few of her pieces myself and can attest that they garner crazy compliments every time I […]
HOW TO – Waterproof bike basket
Kiki posted an Instructable on making a waterproof bike basket using pieces of tarp and strong magnets. She’s a member of Theo Watson‘s “themakeclass” Instructables account where his students post up their innovative projects. Related: Bikes @ MAKE
Ann P. Smith’s robot animal sculptures
Jenny @ CRAFT writes: Kayte at Love Forever recently posted about coming across Ann P. Smith’s robots at a RISD alumni sale. I would love to see these in person! It’s fun to stare at them and try to figure out where the original parts came from. Her site also has animations of most of […]
