Xeni visits the Steampunk Tree House, a 40+-foot-tall interactive sculpture created by a group of artists in Oakland, CA, and assembled for the first time at Burning Man. More than 60 people helped to create it, and in today’s episode, you’ll hear from project participants Alan Rorie, Nathaniel Taylor, and David Shulman. Steampunk Tree House […]
Betacrash writes in with a mini-review of the CarveWright wood carver we posted about awhile back – I have a carvewright and the worst thing about it is the proprietary software. The software seems very stupid at first but then it seems kind of revolutionary. It definitely takes some reverse engineering to get 3d models […]
I’ve been a big fan of Happy Owl Glassworks for years now, and noticed they’re having a sitewide sale until the end of January. There are discounts from 20-50% on cufflinks, pendants, pins and more. Link.
The folks from Libelium sent in their Arduino contest, looks interesting – It is a contest for everyone who believes in Open Hardware and enjoys hacking with Arduino. It is the time to show what you have done and share it with the Community! There are 3 different categories: Common life hacks. Have you designed […]
Walter and Veronica took inspiration from a piece of Etsuko Furuya fabric and turned the design into a gender-neutral mural for their son’s room (which will also serve as a nursery for their forthcoming second child). The execution is absolutely amazing! You can check out more photos on their blog, which also links to the […]
Kim of Yarn Abuse made a knitting pattern for this scrumptious cashmere neckwarmer. I love the wooden button she used to attach it. Link.
Chris writes in with this AMAZING project – London based Troika has been commissioned by Artwise Curators to create a signature piece at the entrance of the new British Airways luxury lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5. ‘Cloud’ is a five meter long digital sculpture whose surface is covered with 4638 flip-dots that can be individually […]
