Craft & Design

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.

Budget DIY lighting system

Budget DIY lighting system

Adrian writes – “A flexible lighting system is something that I have wanted to play with for a while, but like everything else in photography it seems to be a fairly expensive area to get into, at least when you consider the relative simplicity of a light-bulb. Thankfully there are a number of cheap and […]

Weird keyboards

Weird keyboards

Here are 10 really interesting (and weird) keyboards, their top pick is my favorite – “The keyboard is hidden inside a decorative, washable tablecloth. The electronic is woven into a fabric, which finds itself between layers of water resistant felt as sandwich material. The soft felt surface makes it a pleasure for fingers to tip […]

HOW TO – Make a simple belt

HOW TO – Make a simple belt

Saul writes – “This is a simple belt made from old Tie-Down webbing and a few D-Rings. I experimented with Comic Life, a mac app for writing comics from photo libraries to build the how-to.” – Link. Also, visit Howtoons – Link. Related: Comic Life, make your own comics – Link. MAKE audio interview with […]

HOW TO – Make a Night Writer

HOW TO – Make a Night Writer

Graffiti Research labs – getting your name up in lights – “The night writer extends the functionality of LED throwies by allowing a writer to catch a tag in lights. It’s cheap, easy to make and writes 12-inch glowing letters 25-feet in the air on any iron or steel surface…if you stand on a turned […]