Year: 2010

Clothing Made From Broken China

The work of Li Xiaofeng made the rounds on the internet a few years ago, but when Kim Werker posted a picture of this dress on Twitter this morning, it made me realize something are well worth revisiting. From Design Boom: Li Xiaofeng is Beijing artist who creates clothing piece made from traditional chinese ceramics. […]

Teensy fridge controller

Teensy fridge controller

From the MAKE Flickr pool: Flickr user P^2 – Paul created this fridge controller run by a Teensy: This is a microcontroller-powered temperature controller for a fridge I built out of fabricated necessity and spare parts last weekend. Backstory: We replaced our ancient 2nd fridge with a big new upright freezer, which left our little […]

Sound-Triggering Dress

The Masai Dress by Studio 5050 uses metal beads and conductive thread to trigger sound playback. The wearer’s motion makes the strands of beads swish across the stitched conductive stripes on the front of the garment, creating an occasional electrical connection that is sensed by the circuitry in the collar. [via Fashioning Technology]

How-To: Felt Argyle Cushion

Laura of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin shares a tutorial for making a lovely felt argyle cushion. To make this cushion, I used two old wool jumpers (sweaters) which I’d shrunk in the machine to make chunky, textured felt. I’ve had a stash of brown jumpers waiting for the right project so I was thrilled […]

Electronic component pillow covers

Electronic component pillow covers

UK shop Happy Covers/Atelier Kurth sell these electronic component pillow covers, because your home decor should really reflect your hobbies. [via adafruit] More: RSS icon throw pillow DOS pillow How-To: Sound Effect Minesweeper Pillows Plush synth pillows Crocheted Record Pillows The Pillow “dock” – Mac OS X pillows Karakiri – Lifesize Plush Octopus Pillow