Double Lego rainbow!
That above, from Brickshelf user Chris Behrens, inspired by that below, from Danish enthusiast Niels Bugge. Double Lego rainbow! What does it Lego mean?!?
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Business cards made from designers desk
Designer Andrew Byrom made these literal business cards out of his old writing desk. Great pun! [via Steve Hoefer]
Sylvia’s Maker Show: Super simple screenprinting
Ever wanted to design your own cool t-shirt, or maybe wanted to put your awesome doodle on a bunch of different stuff like birthday cards, jackets or your backpack? Today we’ll show you how you can do all of that with super simple screen printing! Let’s go! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download […]
Make It Last Build Series #3: Building the Drawbot controller
As discussed in the first post, the Drawbot is a rig for drawing algorithmic designs on a wall. The mechanism is made up of two motorized spools holding monofilament, which is connected to a marker; the two motors tug on the marker, and gravity tensions the line. The friction between the marker tip and the […]
Chris Bathgate’s self-transforming elf machines
“His works look like randomly-generated parts for high-performance machines that don’t work in our universe.”
Dadamachinima @ Devotion
Opening this Friday at 7pm, and on view until Sunday, March 7th, is the exhibition DADAMACHINIMA at Devotion Gallery in Brooklyn. Curated by Walter Langelaar (WORM, Rotterdam) and presented by Babycastles (Queens, NY), DADAMACHINIMA “explores tactics of emergent gameplay, disrupted modes of interactivity, and brute-force hacks of contemporary (video)game interfaces and environments.” Featuring works by […]
Play the New York subway like an instrument
Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Pulling from the MTA’s actual subway data, trains pluck at intersecting lines.