From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
SF Gate has an article about architects turning used shipping containers into homes – “In this era of scouring the earth for the magic bullet in home building, few ideas can compete with the weird, pragmatic beauty of the used shipping container. Cheap, strong and easily transportable by boat, truck or train, these big steel […]
Peter writes – “The best way to get 8-bit sounds is to employ a real NES system or Game Boy for fifteen bucks and go to town — nothing else sounds quite the same. But for the next best thing, and the ability to do evil things to those sounds within a serious host, this […]
Artist Dré Wapenaar’s TREETENTS – “The story of my tents as they relate to campsites, however, started with the TREETENTS which were originally designed for the ROAD ALERT GROUP in ENGLAND. This group of activists fight against the excessive constructing of highways through forests. During their protest they cover themselves and hide and live in […]
Incredible gallery of amazing and odd musical instruments, each one also has a sound sample – pictured here, “Due Capi- Italian for “Two Heads”, the instrument is made from aluminum, wood, drum heads, and contains piezo pickups. The Due Capi was invented and created by Oliver DiCicco of the group Mobius Operandi.” [via] – Link.
Clever way of watering a plant, I’m going to keep my eyes peeled for some cheap IV bags and water plants using this method while I travel I think – “This self-watering plant pot’s main feature is a medical drip feed. This unique characteristic allows the plant to be nourished with water and food as […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Riccardomuccio posted up another great Kirlian photo, this one is a coin – “Corona around a coin exposed to high voltage. The line below is the wire connecting it to ground. This is known as a Kirlian photo. More like this in my Plasma Set“ – Link. Previous: Leaf corona […]
Here are a few dandies – what’s new, from the old – over at Modern Mechanix… Sea sickness the “real terror of the sea” may have been solved in 1933 with this auto-leveling bed. Stylish homemade radiation suit for bicycling.
