Core77 has a nice writeup about the new exhibition at the MAD Museum: Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary will be the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design when it opens to the public today at it’s new home, 2 Columbus Circle. The exhibition features work by 50 international established and emerging artists […]
Continue ReadingThis circuit is a simple “lighthouse” style beacon that when powered on rotates light around 12 LEDs that are mounted on the circular PCB. The project uses a PIC12f683 using SourceBoost Technologies BoostC and OSRAM SIDELEDs as the lights. The link below explains how to build this as well as some of the problems its […]
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After using all of those plastic bottles to sail across the Pacific Ocean (see above post), what better way to re-use them and their discarded caps than to make a lamp. The “Captivate” lamp by Lucy Norman is constructed of the bottles as well as their caps which can be intechanged to change the color […]
Continue ReadingLove Hate Punch is a punching bag that changes color gradually as you punch it, by artist Stefan Gross. I see it as turning white from red as you punch it, reflecting how your red anger has been drained.Via BB.
Continue ReadingI’d love to see what people cook up using these paper house templates from Mike Wilson. You could enlarge or reduce them and make houses in all different sizes, experiment using different papers, etc.
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The “Plastiki Expedition” by environmentalist David de Rothschild is attempt to finally put all of the discarded plastic water bottles we use daily to good use. His project is to build a 60-foot boat made entirely out of recycled materials such as the bottles and then sail it across the entire Pacific Ocean! From his […]
Continue ReadingReese Dixon did a wonderful job recovering the drop pendant lampshades in her dining room, and shares a tutorial on how she did it. Related: • HOW TO – Make a Potted Light Bulb Lamp • Wood Veneer Lamp Tutorial • DIY Twig Lamp
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