Year: 2008

Urban Outfitters’ Office Space

Urban Outfitters’ Office Space

For some inspiration, HOW Design points to Metropolis Magazine’s design article giving us a peek at the corporate campus at Urban Outfitters which oversees the brands Anthropologie, Free People, as well as Urban Outfitters. I’m falling in love with the big crochet art and giant yarn balls in the lobby of Free People building. Download […]

Start a fire with air

Start a fire with air

Here is a great little project to try out, it’s called a fire-piston. It certainly isn’t as easy as a piece of flint, matches or a lighter, but none of them are nearly as impressive. This will be high on my list of things to MAKE. The principle of increasing temperature by method of compressing […]

DIY Rotational Molding

DIY Rotational Molding

Solsylva has an interesting DIY rotational molding, or casting, machine used for hollow casting of resin or any other material that does not require heat activation. I like their idea of using a rotisserie motor, since I think it is fairly easy to find an unused one for free. Although, a hand crank would work […]

HOW TO – PCB pre-order check

HOW TO – PCB pre-order check

uCHobby has an article up about checking component placement on PCBs before ordering. If you’re planning on having your circuit design professionally fabricated, it’s vital to do a thorough pre-check to get a better idea of the final product. There’s not much worse than receiving a box full of expensive custom green coasters (unless of […]