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.

Swap-O-Rama-Rama in NY

Swap-O-Rama-Rama in NY

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If you are in the NY area this Sunday Feb 12th, you won’t want to miss the next Swap-O-Rama-Rama, a clothing swap with DIY how-to workshops, and on site sewing stations. The five hour event is finished off with a recycled fashion show. Come with a bag of unwanted clothing and just $10. You’ll be able to take home all the clothes you can carry as well as learn how to sew, embroider, knit, and make some new outfits! Link.

Nullsleep – Music on Gameboys…

Nullsleep – Music on Gameboys…

Chv-Mp016Great video from Coolhunting! “Nullsleep makes music on Gameboys. Exclusively. And it’s really good. He performed recently at Monkeytown in Brooklyn, NY and the m ss ng p eces was there to capture it for CH Video. His interview, and excerpts from his performance, comprise the first in our series ‘8-bit’ which is about making music on low-fi gadgets.” [via] Link.

HOW TO – Make a Matchbox Pinhole camera

HOW TO – Make a Matchbox Pinhole camera

Instr03 SmallAlspix’s how to on making a matchbox pinhole camera “My first couple of 35mm pinhole cameras attempted to be panoramic, wide angle jobbies but this time I thought it would be nice to get back to the classic square format. Here’s my latest contraption which uses 35mm film to provide square images of 24 x 24mm. Using this size means that you can get up to 50 exposures on a standard roll of 36 exposure film.” [via] Link.

Whip Up – New Craft Portal

Whip Up – New Craft Portal

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Whip Up is a newly launched craft portal that brings in 16 contributors, the who’s who of the crafting world. Highlights of today’s round of posts include a UK knit art exhibit (yes, there’s a knit TV!), finding inspiration, and the humor and fear in the idea of making your own lava lamp. From the site, “Whip up is a multi author site with contributors from around the world united by a passion for making things, for beautiful design and for a desire to share ideas with others. ” Thanks Kath! Link.

Courier Bag LED Light

Courier Bag LED Light

Img413 09It’s LED day today it seems – “Want to make a neat courier bag light? This light goes through the straps on a timbuk 2 bag and blinks in really cool patterns using a BS2. You’ll need: 16 x 470 ohm Resistors, 16 x LEDs 24 Pin IC Socket on/off switch, 9v Battery 9v Battery connector, 9 x Molex KK Connectors, 18″ 3/4″ Flat webbing, Breadboard, Wire… oh you’ll need some wire.” Link.