Origami Paper Ball
One of my students at Parsons the New School for Design, Jie Roe, made this origami paper ball from syribia’s Instructable. I love her paper choices!
Month: February 2010
The music of techno-junk
In this video, “Jankworks,” makes a joyful noise by flicking, banging, twanging, tapping, and triggering various pieces of old tech (drives, phone bells, typewriters, cassette players, etc). Jankworks writes: I loved the pictures of Mark Tilden’s workshop and it reminded me on the many times, while working on some project, that the clutter and tangle […]
Fashion Camp NYC This Weekend
Fun free event happening this weekend in NYC, I’ll be there to talk, come say hi! Fashion Camp is a free, volunteer-run, 2-day barcamp- style conference with workshops and presentations focused on current topics in fashion, technology, and innovative marriages of fashion and tech. Topics include fashion tech/wearables, fashion eCommerce, and fashion2.0. At FashionCamp, ANYONE […]
Hand-carved skateboards
Doug McKee of Bellingham, WA carves skateboards that look like birds, insects, and sea creatures. The process of carving a skateboard takes a bit of time. The piece is carved out of green wood. Which is to say wet, freshly cut wood. Ideally the wood spits its water at you as you carve. I use […]
Howtoons Guide to Visual Communication
Howtoons has a great new Visual Communication Howtoon up about creativity and documenting your projects. While it’s mostly aimed at kids, it’s actually a great starting point for anyone trying to figure out the best way to communicate their ideas.
Announcing Hackerspaces in Space, the space blimp contest
Here’s an exciting challenge from Workshop 88, called Hackerspaces in Space. It’s an inter-hackerspace challenge to send a weather balloon into space, capture some amazing data, and retrieve it.
Quick Knitting Tip: Pick Up a Dropped Stitch
Fixing mistakes in your knitting can be frustrating! Learn how to use a latch hook tool to pick up a dropped stitch that has run down several rows in this CRAFT Video. Got tips for fixing mistakes in your knitting? Post them up in the comments! Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, watch it […]