The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Soniaz from Apartment Therapy Unplugged came across a Flickr group of miniature recreations of modern interiors. I tried to recreate my living room once for an art project and it has been an obsession of mine to perfect it. This Flickr group is going to provide a lot of inspiration for that project.
Peter Kirn of createdigitalmusic/createdigitalmotion is curating the A/V performance lineup @ the soon-to-be-now Hackers On Planet Earth conference – live music: Ezekiel Honig (Anticipate/Microcosm founder) explores warmth in electro-acoustic music “into a comfortable space between techno, house and ambient” Ben Neill, “mad scientist of dancefloor jazz” (CMJ Magazine) continues to evolve live music with his […]
Anna from Mochimochi Land created a knitted resistor at her husband’s urging. If there is interest, she will create a pattern for “Resisty the Resistor.” Related Becky Stern’s Instructions on How to Read a Resistor
Dale Dougherty and Sherry Huss of MAKE/CRAFT and Maker Faire will be in Chicago this week. If you’re a Chicago-area maker, drop by Flapjaws Cafe on Thursday, July 17 at 7pm or so. Thanks to Brian Fitzpatrick of Google in Chicago who helped us organize this meeting. Come by and join us for a beer. […]
If, like Paola Navone, you have guests on the way and no table to serve them at–why not get crafty and sew one together? The folks at Apartment Therapy LA came across this photo of Navone’s makeshift board-and-cord table and did some reverse engineering to figure out how she stitched it together. Since this is […]
Handmade Nation director Faythe Levine has spent every last penny (and worn out every last credit card) financing her film, which follows the new wave of art, craft, and design. To help offset the costs that are now piling up on post-production, she’s teamed up with the folks at Poketo to hold a Silent Art […]
If bikes had a “rat king,” it might look something like this. I like the ornamental wheel on the front fork that has a fender going all around it. Not the most practical bike on the rack, but certainly the most unique. Rag and Bone bike on Rat Rod Bikes [via Brass Goggles]
