Longtime CRAFT pal, Moxie, is profiled today on CNN Living. At the heart of her life and art is a childlike sincerity. The 40-year-old former director of an aftercare program sees people as full of troubled stories but essentially worth connecting to. I always love learning more about artists’ backgrounds, creative process and motivation, and […]
The Monochron clock kit from the Maker Shed is a completely hackable, open source, clock kit that has a funky retro feel. It can be programmed to display several different clock “faces” or you can program you own. The kit comes complete with all electronics (soldering required), laser cut case, and power plug. Hint, Hint […]
Learn how to make kokedama, a Japanese string garden, from Aura over on Design*Sponge today. Such a lovely and interesting way to bring nature into your home.
After staring at the Union Square clock about 100 times, I decided to replicate it at home, so that I can watch the digits scroll by on my desktop. I named the clock after one of my favorite quotes from the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops, where the protagonist is politely asked for […]
Remember how mom always said, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all?” Why couldn’t it have been, “If you have something nice to say, put it on bunting and hang it in your house!” Paying compliments to your friends (or heck, even yourself) is something we should all do […]
Harry Potter fans, this one’s for you! (though I suspect a quick read of the yummy ingredients will entice even the staunchest muggle) Amy of Amy Bites created the recipe for butterbeer cupcakes after visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal’s Islands of Adventure park. Even if you have no idea what butterbeer […]
The aim was to use a hubless wheel to create a compact bicycle, with the benefits of a large wheel and belt drive.Hubless wheels have appeared in bicycle concepts already, and were first invented by Sbarro. However, few concepts have made it to prototype and when only used for aesthetic purposes, the disadvantage of extra cost out weights the visual gain. Lunartic uses the hubless for a reason; to house the working parts, reducing the wheel base but not sacrificing conventional riding geometry. Lunartic is supposed to be as compact as possible without folding or being awkward to ride, however there is the potential for the front wheel to fold up into the rear or for that space to be used for a laptop back, motor or dynamo.
