My friend Jon Singer sent me a link to this fellow’s homebrewed Panaplex display, using a jam jar as the vacuum chamber. Panaplex is a kind of gas-discharge plasma display tech related to the Nixie tube. The builder, Lindsay Wilson, explains the basic setup for his display: The entire thing is based on using a […]
Built by a 56-year-old Italian mechanic for his daughter, Erika, after she broke her arm practicing. [via Dude Craft]
I’m digging these giant cameras, built by photographer Chris McCaw.
Designers MischerTraxler built these coffee-powered clocks for an installation at Venice Design Week.
Architecture and design firm nemaworkshop created this cool NYC coffee shop that resembles a library turned on its side. Tiles printed to look like bookshelves line the floor, walls, and ceiling while light fixtures seem to defy gravity as they project out of the walls. Neat! [Via Dezeen]
By Dorinda von Stroheim Sassy, sultry, yet utterly all-American, the San Francisco-based Devil-Ettes put on a kid-friendly, wickedly wild, high-energy show featuring historical dances from the heyday of 1960s go-go, including the Hully Gully, the Twist, the Frug, and the Watusi. They’ve also perfected the art of making devil horns. Tools Large darning needle Paintbrushes […]
The Maker Faire episode of The Martha Stewart Show is now online! TV-less or just Hallmark Channel-less? Watch the video clips on Martha’s site (sadly not embeddable here). We’re ecstatic to see some of our favorite makers featured on the show yesterday. I was lucky enough to attend with Maker Faire director Sherry Huss, Nick […]
