These Mechanical Rock Sculptures Are Suspended with Their Own Weight
Artist Dan Grayber combines elements from industrial design and nature to create objects that seem to defy gravity.
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.
Rediscovering “Lost Knowledge”
A look back at our 2009 column dedicated to lost and marginalized technologies of the past.
These Interactive Cellphone Butterflies Come to Life When You Call Them
The butterflies, created with recycled phone parts and glittering with SIM card wings, can receive phone calls.
Coins Become a Canvas for This Intricate Carver
Shaun Hughes engraves coins with intricate and beautiful designs. His designs run from whimsical to intricate patterns and scroll engravings.
This Week in Making: Star Wars Cake, Project Crates for Kids, E3 Countdown, and More
A Star Wars cake with actual glowing lightsabers, crates that inspire kids to create, and the first ever public E3, all this week in making.
Sculpting with Books to Make Abstract Art
Jacqueline Rush Lee creates art by rolling up individual sheets of paper and bending larger sections of pages from books.
This Unique Ukulele Is Scratch-Built From a Felled Tree
Amy Qian’s headless travel ukulele is both a little odd and completely gorgeous. She constructed it from a leftover pile of wood.