Last week Holly Holmes and I traveled to Turku, Finland to stay with artist Jan-Erik Andersson and his family. We made the journey to see Life on a Leaf, the house that Andersson designed in collaboration with architect Erkki Pitkäranta and built over a 10 year period from 1999 to 2009. The genesis of the […]
Professional animator Dillon Markey found a way to incorporate a little piece of his childhood nostalgia into his grown-up life by hacking a Nintendo Power Glove to turn it into a stop motion animation tool.
Add a little tropical ambience to your domicile with this ingenious cocktail umbrella lamp shade tutorial by Instructables member holmes.tom.
Spinscan In 2011, 3D printing genius Tony Buser released the Spinscan, an open source 3D scanner based on a laser and a digital camera. MakerBot later used ideas from the Spinscan to create the closed source Digitizer 3D scanner. Thankfully, Spinscan is still available and has inspired numerous other open source scanners. Below we […]
United Nude is a footwear company that has long been known for its cutting-edge designs and architecturally inspired aesthetic. Now they are again at the forefront with their new, commercially available, 3D-printed platform float shoe. Although 3D-printed footwear is hardly a new concept, there has yet to be a wide adoption of 3D-printing shoes beyond conceptual […]
Have a stack of cardboard boxes leftover from holiday gift orders? Turn that trash into unexpectedly lovely pieces of home decor with this upcycled cardboard lantern tutorial!
In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy shapes a brass key to fit an old lock
