Happy Memorial Day from the Mitten! We’re just getting ready to do some grilling out here in Detroit – what’s on the menu out there? Martha Stewart’s Berry Spritzer, from here 2010 Memorial Day show, looks fantastic. I think we’ll be making these later…
Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo The MRAP (mine-resistant ambush-protected) Overhead Wire Mitigation Kit was a top Army invention in recent years. You’ve all heard the amazing stories of soldiers hacking on the battlefield — the stories of fox hole radios, scrap armor, and anti-IED tech (that must constantly change as IED tech itself adjusts to […]
This denim ball from Joel of Made by Joel is a cool way to reuse scraps of denim fabric. And while it’s showcased as a toy for kids, I think the construction could also be use for creating a really cool throw pillow.
Artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold creates these stunning pop art portraits from junk mail. My work reflects our society’s obsession with beauty through advertising – and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of incongruent pieces – images and text – from advertising that […]
Artist Idan Friedman painstakingly embossed faces from his everyday life into disposable aluminum pans. [via MAKE]
This is a beautiful idea for a rather hidden waste problem. From London designer Lucy Norman: “More books are printed every year, read and discarded. Even though many are taken to charity shops, they mostly go unsold and the charities have to pay for the books to be sent to landfill. For example 10,000 books […]
I love this gorgeous DIY Tree Lamp over on Garden Design. The how-to looks really easy and accessible and what a beautiful and bold end result you get.
