The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for making furniture and home decor for every room in the house, including the garage.
John Kestner made Tableau, a piece currently on display at the Saint รโฐtienne International Design Biennale: Remember when we made a connection by handing someone a photo? As our social circle spreads across a wider geographic area, we look for ways to share experiences. Technology has reconnected us to some extent, but we fiddle with […]
Via Dezeen, Swedish designer Pรยฅl Rodenius prints the patterns for multiple items of furniture on sheets of plywood, and you simply saw out the parts you need. I have been inspired by the Do It Yourself movement. DIY builds on the creativity of the individual, one’s capacity for initiative and one’s desire to realize one’s […]
Miami maker Marc DeVidts made this Star-Trek-style sliding door for his house. What do you think, readers, would a motion sensor be an advantage? While authentic to the show, I could see it being more annoying than helpful.
Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: I love these tables made from repurposed bike parts, built by Flickr user Del Cruiser.
I love projects, like this ugly duckling lamp series from Hong Kong-based designer kamric, that give the lie to so-called “modern” design: Here’s something that looks just as good, and works just as well, as your snooty “designer” products, but is made from a couple bucks’ worth of hardware store materials.
Probably not all doors should offer previews, all the time, but this is undeniably wonderful. As it is, the knob offers bi-directional viewing; I wonder if you could half-silver one side and make it one-way? Johnny Strategy at Spoon & Tomago writes:
In conjunction with Design Tide Tokyo, architect Hideyuki Nakayama – a protรยฉgรยฉ of Toyo Ito -รฃโฌโฌhas teamed up with UNION, a manufacturer of door handles and levers, to create a glass globe doorknob. As you approach the doorknob you catch a glimpse of what appears to be another world, waiting for you to enter and join, but in fact is a reflection of the room on the other side of the door.
[via Gizmodo]
Clever concept design from Israeli designers Studio Ve: Keeps all your pushpins together in the same place, and keeps the sharp ends covered. [via NOTCOT]
