calculus-book-cover.jpgMy buddy Trent Johnson, who works for AMD here in Austin, made this beautiful object. I was standing awkwardly in the corner at his birthday party last weekend, trying to remember how to interact with flesh-and-blood people on a face-to-face basis, when I looked down and saw it leaning against the wall next to me. And I immediately recognized it from the cover of my college calculus text, from the flyleaf of which I now quote:
Need to go work on this now… Via Zakka Life
Dana of MADE and I both live in Austin, where Fall foliage can be … umm … less than spectacular. Fortunately, she shows you how you can create your own Fall splendor with some colorful felt and a sewing machine. She’s got a few different projects using these felt leaves, be sure to check them […]
Simone Lourenco makes these incredible art pieces from cut paper.
Ravelry user Katie Kent (Monroe, WA) made her husband a pair of felted clogs that look like circuit boards. I like them a lot! She modified a knitted clog pattern by Bev Galeskas. [Link requires Ravelry login.]
Tonight I’ll be running the show behind the scenes on “Ask an engineer” – we’re going to talk about the Xbox Kinect bounty as well chatting with Amanda “wOz” Wozniak about her presentation on designing hardware… ASK AN ENGINEER – 11/13/2010 10pm ET TONIGHT! SPECIAL GUEST AMANDA “W0Z†WOZNIAK. By popular demand – “Ask an […]
Born in Budapest, Hungary on November 13, 1906 to a prosperous family, Eva Zeisel (nee Striker) would go on to become one of the most influential industrial designers of the twentieth century. Though she doesn’t consider herself an industrial designer, but rather a “maker of useful things”, at 104 she continues to crank out some of the most sought-after contemporary modern design.
