I posted a while back that I’m a sucker for anything in miniature, and I’ve just stumbled on to a blog that has my mini-loving heart all aflutter. This teeny tiny craft room is actually part of a doll house, although it’s a doll house that bears no resemblance to the shag carpeted, orange and […]
Every other week, MAKE’s awesome interns tell about the projects they’re building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they’ve gotten into, and what they’ll make next. By Meara O’Reilly, projects intern I’ve been working on winding coils and testing out a cool new electromagnetic guitar pickup for the upcoming issue of MAKE, so I thought […]
Here is some video footage of kids making Bristlebots and Blinkybugs at the recent Open MAKE day at the Exploratorium. Learning Studio: videos from Open MAKE! Mark your calendars: The next Open MAKE program at the Exploratorium will be on February 27, 2010. More: Young Makers at the Exploratorium Open MAKE at the Exploratorium, this […]
When you’re a kid in Michigan, “snow day!” meant a day goofing off, making snowmen and being very happy that your spelling test was postponed. When you’re a grown-up in Michigan, “snow day!” means working from home in a sweatsuit, eating pizza leftovers for lunch and coming up with craft projects with the supplies you […]
Flickr user zachaholic built this VU toaster, using a sound volume meter to directly control the heat of the toaster
CRAFT is celebrating love, glitter, and craftiness with the Crafty Chica Love Shrine Challenge. Preserve your memories and tell your love story by building a shrine that creatively reflects your personality and expresses your hopes and dreams. I’ve been going crazy making these shrines! They are such great ways for me to use my ephemera […]
Open Structures is a set of standards allowing product designers and architects to create hackable items — for instance, a sink or a bicycle — which could be recombined into new inventions. The system’s starting point is a 4x4cm grid that all components must accommodate. [The] project explores the possibility of a modular construction model […]
