This is one of our Thanksgiving traditions – we have card stock and colored pencils out for people to make hand turkeys. Yep, just like you remember from grade school, you trace around your hand and fill in the features. Kids and adults both really enjoy themselves, and it’s fun to see people get creative […]
This doesn’t quite look like the most crash-safe vehicle ever designed, but electric power plus bamboo construction does provide a dream-like level of sustainability: (video found via G4TV) Any guesses on what epoxy/resin they’re using to hold the bamboo together? Thanks to Ecofriend for finding some specs: “the 60-kg electric car can run for 30 […]
Flickr user Gardenque created this exacting replica of a Korg MS-20 synthesizer in white. Elegant! – Paper Sculpture: In a Quiet Corner of Sussex [via Matrixsynth]
Here’s an Instructable on building primitive batteries, interesting not so much for its (low-current, low-voltage) results but as a nice overview of a different way of making batteries. Also check out this Wikipedia entry on earth batteries, which I found via this Instructable.
Core77 has an interesting roundup of vintage “kitchens of the future” videos, a real treat. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!
These vertical wall-hangable chess boards seem like a good idea. Imagine playing a game with someone over time via casual walk-by moves – There are no time clocks when you play on a Straight Up Chess Board. This is a casual game. As you pass by the Straight Up Chess board, you make your move, […]
Design Crisis recently featured the work of Austin artist, Virginia Fleck. Fleck’s work takes plastic bag reuse to a whole new level, and the mandala patterns she creates are absolutely breathtaking. Her pieces are large – with some ranging up to seven feet tall. I loved learning, too, that she works with teens on ecologically […]
