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.
HOW TO – Headphone Hack
RPS writes “Low tech how-to on making sound insulating earphones for listening to music while drumming, operating machinery (or doing anything else in a loud enviro) using cheap ear protectors and headphones.” Link.
Etch-a-Sketch turntables!
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Pete Hidle posted up his amazing Etch-a-Sketch turntable project, he writes “Dualing Etch-a-sketch makes music by taking information from the Etch-a-sketch dials and translating it into digital information. That information could be used for anything, but in this example it turns it into techno music, using the Max/MSP software from www.cycling74.com. It was presented as part of Platform05, a review of live art in the North-East of England. Further information can be found [here] and some pictures from the opening night can be found at flickrmeets UK.” Link.
HOW TO – Protect your LCD (iPod, digital camera, etc..)
Here’s a great (and simple) instructable on protecting the LCD on any type of device that needs it – like an iPod, digital camera, etc. Using clear tape as a cheap and disposable screen protector, you can save some coin and your screen. Link.
Here are some LEGO man jewelry from Plastic Bat Jewelry – one set is a LEGO man head dangling from earrings, the other is a pretty nice bracelet complete with blocks and a full size LEGO dude. If you’re a crafty-maker type, you could likely make these on your own too. [As gadgets replace toys, what’s in it for kids?
Good NYT article on the changing face of the toy business – “Having failed to beat the electronics industry, the ailing toy business will join it in a big way in the year-end holiday shopping season, offering just about everything from cellphones for 6-year-olds (LeapFrog) to video projectors for 8-year-olds (Hasbro) in an effort to hold on to children who are casting aside Lego and GI Joe to play with their parents’ gadgets.” Link.
DIY Record Cleaner
Handy DIY project before you make digital versions of those vinyl’s…“Build your own high quality, easy to use record cleaner. This design can be built for less than $50 and will remove at least as much grunge as the expensive VPI record cleaners. The original concept was developed by Jay Amble.” [via] Link.
