Month: May 2010

Susie Cowie Embroidery

Never before have I encountered the term “Freelance Embroidery Designer.” But there it is, running out behind the name of one London-based Susie Cowie like so much colorful floss. Graduated with honors from the Glasgow School of Art in 2006, Cowie’s body of work includes fashion and interior concepts, costume and prop pieces, plus illustrative […]

MAKE Class at Parsons: Awesome DIY Projects

This semester at Parsons the New School for Design, I had the pleasure of teaching a group of inspired students (both undergrad and graduate) about DIY projects online. The students were interested in everything from electronics to crafts, and their final projects are tutorials across a very wide spectrum of topics. Here are the project […]

RGB Conway’s Game of Life board

Jonathan Guberman of Toronto, ON, wrote in with his lovely Game of Life monome game. This project has been gathering dust for over two years, and joining my local hackerspace (Hacklab.to in Toronto) inspired me to finally finish it! More: Game of Life Kit – Make: Video Podcast EKG-controlled Game of Life hoodie Game of […]

Hand-Restored Upholstery by SpruceHome

Etsy’s Eric Beug profiles upholstery makers SpruceHome in this eye-catching video. Eric writes: Amanda and Lizzie, two Austin, TX based gals, are combining a long tradition of skills with a savvy design eye. Like many in the Process series, there is so much fascinating effort that goes into their work that it’s difficult to distill […]