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: Mini Gourd Candles

How-To: Mini Gourd Candles

Turn real gourds into a festive centerpiece with this mini gourd candle tutorial from Claire at She Knows Living! Each candle is made from a carved-out gourd, so you still get that fall look you crave while giving the pumpkins another purpose! If you’d rather use plastic pumpkins (so they last longer), just be sure […]

Bird-Mounted Cameras

Bird-Mounted Cameras

Remember the documentary Winged Migration? The filmmakers were able to get all those great shots of migrating geese by acclimating them to the presence of an ultralight plane at an early age. The birds thought the plane was part of their flock. Now filmmaker John Downer has taken avian photography to the next level: mounting […]

3D Printing Goes Mainstream Panel Discussion on Make: Live Stage at World Maker Faire 2012

Present and Future Applications at Work, Home and School Featuring Marc de Vinck, Liz Arum, Brian Jepson, Duann Scott, Chris Connors

Learn what educators, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs are creating with 3D printing technology. This once high-end piece of equipment has now become commonplace in the maker-labs around the world. We have seen this technology transform from a hobby of those early adopters, to a serious tool for innovation and prototyping, and now something marketed as household appliance. Moderated by Lehigh University professor Marc de Vinck, this panel will discuss the current state of affairs within the 3D printing community, as well as what the future may hold.