How?
It’s the question that dogs the unceasing creative mind when it dares to speak louder than the stony voice of reality. It happens to us all: An alloy of factors, inspiration, influences and ideas come together in a perfect rendering in your mind, but how do you bring that beautiful invention into the world in a way that upholds and preserves the essence of your idea?
I recently visited ITP’s 2013 Winter Show at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Here’s a slideshow of what students there have been up to lately.
Let’s face it. The holidays are expensive. But fear not. We challenged our staff to come up with ideas for maker-friendly gifts that won’t break your holiday budget.
Using rustic elements like a wood slab and a glass dome, you have the makings of a lovely snow globe. Bring it to the next level by etching the glass yourself, and you have some sweet winter decor or a great holiday gift. Learn how from Apartment Therapy.
Superstar 3DP object designer Michael Curry (aka Skimbal) designed a plethora of incredible jumbo minifigs that can be fabricated on additive desktop machines. He has designed an incredible range of characters, from Star Wars figurines, to Top Gear’s “The Stig” to Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg to Walking Dead zombies.
Is it cocktail o’clock? Make yourself a rich, decadent holiday after-dinner treat with this milk punch recipe!
Disruptive or revolutionary technology are terms that get tossed around rather liberally. But one look at the MIT Media Lab’s inForm project and it’s hard not think you are looking at the future. Combining elements of Kinect, 3D printing, and telepresence, inForm heralds something very new and, I dare say, revolutionary. inForm was a collaboration between research assistant Sean Follmer and Daniel Leithinger at Heroshi Ishii’s Tangible Media Group in the MIT Media Lab. What exactly is it and how might it be used? Jay Silver interviewed Sean Follmer to learn more.
