Some of the staff at New York’s Museum of Modern Art took a little time to play last week, and I’m delighted by the results. We decided to whip up some pieces in MoMA’s collection in Lego form. After spending a few bucks online getting a couple bags of mixed bricks, we went to town. […]
Over at CRAFT, Susan Beal whipped up these fantastic back to school mini chalkboards: My daughter Pearl loves drawing with chalk, and when we were planning her second birthday party, I thought mini chalkboards would be the perfect toddler-friendly favor! My friend Ryan teamed up with me on the project and beautifully cut and prepared […]
Pierre Grand, an architect from Caussens, France, wrote in to share this interesting greenhouse watering system that he created in Sketchup. (B)ased on the fixing system developed by Bill Young (100kgarages.com), the GYRO green house recovers rainwater for broadcast in different vegetable bins arranged circular manner around the central axis. The system is under development […]
Instructables user laxap shows us how to string small pieces of wood together for a fun and flexible wooden necktie. Bowtie variant included!
Kami at Make and Takes shows how to whip up some of these fun chalkboard speech bubbles that can be used as props for all kinds of photographs. Related: How-To: Mini Chalkboards
Got an unruly swarm of robots that needs taming? Whip them into shape with this multitouch control interface by Mark Micire of UMass Lowell.
Xavier of My Heap put together this delightful homebrew engraver’s vise by attaching a PanaVise to a bowling ball that pivots in a PVC pipe coupling. No word on how well it works, but ya gotta give it up for that kind of ingenuity. More: PanaVise crank mod Lie-Nielsen chain-drive shoulder vise World’s most beautiful […]
