Month: January 2010

Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai

This afternoon I was organizing my vacation photos from last year, and when I came across this one, I stopped sorting and started drooling. This is the Royal Hawaiian Mai Tai– the quintessential tropical cocktail. This one was served to me by Cui, a bartender at the Mai Tai Bar, Waikiki’s most spectacular beach front […]

Dream workshop

Dream workshop

Flickr user Mtneer sure has a sweet setup! Click on the link to see a bunch more photos of this workshop and some older ones he’s had. I’m conflicted, however: on one hand, I’m concerned at how neat his shop is — the only mess is a beer can on the bench! On the other […]

Cardboard chair process video

This process animation makes it look easy. There should be a zillion different variations on the design of a chair like this. It looks like a good way to work with the concepts of compression, tension, torsion and shear with students as they design and build their own furniture. Have you used cardboard furniture design/build projects in a classroom setting? Let us know in the comments!