Shannon O’Neill is a super talented plush designer, I’m amazed at the constructions she makes in fabric, realizing things in 3D from fuzzy planar materials. Her latest is Kowl the He-man, for the upcoming Under the Influence Masters of the Universe Show at Gallery 1988 opening January 8th in LA.
I love these swarm robots and the relative simplicity of the design, the means on motility (BEAM-style direct-drive pager motors), and the charging scheme (the bots in the lower image, to the right, are at the charging rail). The wiki that’s been set up doesn’t have too much info yet. There’s even going to be […]
British designer, Vivienne Westwood, created these stunning gowns out of wallpaper from her new collection with Cole & Son. The gallery of gowns is gorgeous and highly inspirational. Enjoy! [via NOTCOT]
Susan of West Coast Crafty shows you how to organize your beads with beaded labels for easy access. Love this! This was a tip she discovered last year while organizing her craft room. Stay tuned for an update from Susan in a Craft Spaces profile later this week!
This light sculpture by German multimedia design collective lab binaer may look like a persistence of vision (POV) display at first glance, but in fact works on a very different principle. It’s built from a record player, and the turntable has been treated with a phosphorescent pigment. Messages are printed on the pigment by an array of bright lights on the tone arm, and slowly fade to black as the phosphorescence wanes. It’s titled »Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod« or “Death calls the tune.”
Need to build a custom rotary encoder wheel for that precision motion device you are making? Well, Nick Ames has you covered with his encoder wheel generator script.
This weekend I went crazy searching for a particular pair of earrings. My jewelry was a tangled mess and I was beyond frustrated trying to get ready in a hurry and not finding what I wanted. I decided then to take time out to craft a solution. This is a simple project that is cute, […]
