DIY Tumbling Block Art
The Glamourai is all about high-end beauty, and that lush look is present in her innovative project DIY Tumbling Block wall art.
Year: 2013
String Light Covers Made From Scrap Fabric
Sticking with my Swedish theme from yesterday, check out these warm and inviting string light covers, made out of clear plastic cups and scraps of pretty fabric, from Swedish crafter Rebecca. These would make lovely decoration and set a nice mood for an evening party or wedding.
Creating Impressive 3D Effects with the Lynx A
What happens when a few of the engineers at Lynx Laboratories decide to enter a statewide hackathan and make a real-time, interactive music visualizer with our device? Well, we pumped up the Daft Punk, invited some friends over, and ended up with a pretty trippy video.
How-To: Easy Letter Embroidery
Create your own quick, simple letter embroidery templates using Microsoft Word with this easy letter embroidery tutorial!
Join us for an Editors’ Hangout on Air
It’s still only February, but here at MAKE HQ if feels like spring has sprung. The days are warmer, flowers are blooming, and everything feels new again. Inside the office, there’s a feeling of newness, too. We’re launching a resign of our website. We’ve debuted several new web features. We’re about to send off our newest issue of the magazine to the printer. The lab is building new projects. Maker Faire Bay Area is but a few months away. With that in mind, a gaggle of MAKE editors and engineers will gather today for our monthly editors’ hangout to talk about some of these new initiatives. Join us.
Maker Pro: Building Community at Scale
Shared workshops can have a feeling of community. I used to think it was a matter of scale, that the larger groups would have more community. I now realize it’s more a matter of how much people will linger. The more people engage with each other in a workshop, the more likely the sense of […]
Maker Pro News: Live and Online
This month we launched the Maker Pro Newsletter, an e-newsletter aimed at analyzing, educating, and catalyzing emerging business opportunities for makers. In addition to the newsletter, we’re covering the maker pro space with video profiles and live Google+ hangouts on air that explore issues relevant to the professional maker.
Our first hangout featured an interview with MAKE founder and CEO Dale Dougherty and Greg Mader, a consultant for Open ERP, open source resource management software for makers looking to scale up production or produce goods more efficiently. If you missed it, here’s the video.
