Designer Jake Ferrato’s company, JBF Customs, creates incredible bespoke versions of commercial apparel, like sneakers and hats. He posted an amazingly detailed tutorial that explains the process of reconstructing a Nike Dunk High sneaker (warning: some NSFW language) on the company website. When I do a reconstruction, the first thing I do is take apart […]
[viddler id=1409630 w=580 h=330] In this video from Core77, designer Taylor McKenzie-Veal uses a toaster, a two-part wooden mold, and a bit of compressed air to turn an empty sports drink bottle into a plastic piggy bank. So much win. [via adafruit] This Little Piggy — Taylor McKenzie-Veal Design More:Homemade Blow-Molding Gun
David Moisan hacked up his own NTP-synchronized clock from a #Twatch, the ethernet-enabled LCD backpack from our friends at Dangerous Prototypes. Head over to David’s blog to check out the code and the incredibly thorough manual he wrote for the project.
The inspiration of the Maker Faire continued at home! Everything as a family, we’ve made in a week! Also, introducing Maker boxes, the place where you take a made thing and give one in return.
In this Zero to Maker column, David Lang runs down the basics of local tool lending libraries and how to participate in or start one.
Bethany Nixon, of Reware Vintage, created this chevron necklace from a few leftover pieces from a framing kit she purchased at Michaels. A great way to keep a few small pieces of metal out of the trash! More: MAKE | DIY Chevron Rug DIY Chevron Wall @Craftzine.com blog
While we all love and now actually NEED technology in our lives and homes, we may not dig the aesthetics and look all of these electronics create. I appreciate an innovative idea that helps mask some of this and the anamu blog has a killer one with this Re-style Your Router post. I totally want to try this now!
