Marimekko Spring 2009 Catalog
Oooh! Check out the beautiful new fabrics and the many inspirational photos in the Marimekko’s Spring 2009 catalog that’s online now.
Month: March 2009
“Kids” played on iPhone/iTouch
Phil Clandillon sends this music video of The Mentalists playing Kids, originally by MGMT. The Mentalists are an all female act based here in London. They’ve done this unusual cover of MGMT‘s “Kids” played entirely on their iPhones and iPod Touches, using apps from the application store. What kinds of great music can you play […]
Crocheted Record Albums
I stumbled across these fantastic crocheted record albums in the Flickr Embroidery Pool. They are created by Esther of the New Zealand web site, Toggle, which features “the best and most interesting works from craft artists and artists practising in New Zealand.” Esther crochets various vintage record albums and hand embroiders their labels. She’s recreated […]
Long sneakers
“Trophy,” a show up in Philadelphia by the Dufala Brothers, includes these sculptures called “Special Air Mission 28000” and “Long Runner.” If you’re in the Philly area, I’m sure it’s worth a look! I’m still trying to figure out how you mold a shoe sole that long; any ideas? Via Cool Hunting. “Trophy” February 27- […]
Simple touch synth with Arduino
After scoring some bargain-priced touch screens, James set to work on building the Touchduino – I used two analog pins and one digital pin for this project. I wired the touch screen to the 3v pin, the Gnd pin and the analog pins 0 and 1 set to input. In the code (digital) Pin 3 […]
Upright piano … EXTREME!
Pascal completed this amazing 250+ hour mod combining an unassuming upright piano with a KORG Triton synthesizer keyboard. It’s a surefire way to spice up those holiday sing-alongs! [via Matrixsynth]
Arduino *beep* sequencer
Behold the cardboardy-retro-nessKamil‘s BeatSequencer v1.0. Though the front panel may have some mechanical stability issues, It reminds me of a miniaturized vintage computing giant. FYI – Those 24 LEDs are handled via Arduino’s shift function and the handy 74HC595 shift register chip.
