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.
Listen to recordings from the early 1900’s – “Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike. […]
Iteki writes – “How to make an Airbus in seven minutes. A little outside the scope of most of our home projects, but a great production how-to none the less.” – Link.
This looks like a wonderful (and depressing) exhibit at the Nanzuka Art Gallery in Tokyo, March 24 till April 9 – “A ban of selling many of the electric appliances that were produced and sold before 2001 will start on the 1st of April, 2006. It is because of the Electric Appliance & Materials Law […]
Mike writes – “For those who don’t know, Shapelock is a polymer (plastic) similar to polypropylene except that it has a very low temperature softening point. The idea is that you heat some water to around 160 degrees F and dump some of the pellets into the water to soften them to a moldable state. […]
Marc writes – “One of the things we love most about doing the Wooster Collective website is that we are contantly learning new things from it. We know from the emails that we receive that people come back to the site each not only to get inspired, but also to learn new things. Almost every […]
Do you need a little robot turtle friend to keep you happy at your desk? I sure do. Walkie Bits are from Japan (of course) and they are tiny little robot turtles that come in all different colors. They crawl around, chirp, and play music if you’d like them to. Link.
After you see these awesome robots made from commercial product boxes, you’ll never throw any of your boxes away. This bot above is created from an XBox.com box. Others are made from Pop-Tarts, Dove Soap Bars, Phillips Light Bulbs…you name it. From the site, “While in Antarctica, I became obsessed with this project from the […]
