Stools colored, printed, and arranged to suggest a giant numeric keypad. Totally useless, and completely delightful. Also somewhat enigmatic, at least to my shamefully monolingual brain. The photo appears to originate from this Japanese site called Pantograph, which, sadly, I cannot read. [Thanks, Billy Baque!]
Shrinky Dinks are a kid craft that I can’t let go of. Even as an adult, I still get giddy watching them morph and curl and turn into tiny versions of what they once were. Cathe Holden of Just Something I Made shares how she married sewing cards and Shrinky Dinks to create fun jewelry, […]
We got an email this morning from the fine folks who are organizing this year’s Maker Faire: North Carolina. Here’s a brief description of the event: Maker Faire: North Carolina celebrates things people create themselves — from James Bond-worthy electronic gizmos to Martha Stewart-quality “slow made” foods and homemade clothes. Inspiration is ubiquitous at the […]
Cool Hunting went inside the Hästens mattress production facility in Sweden to take a fascinating look at how horse hair, metal springs, and wool are combined to make “the best bed in the world.”
Djeucalyptus writes: Homemade pomegranate liqueur is surprisingly easy to make without any complex or out-of-the-ordinary tools and the results are both delicious and make perfect gifts for almost any occasion! All you need are a few simple ingredients, a few household kitchen utensils, and some time (it takes about a month and a half to […]
Gregory Mitnick at Cool Hunting writes: Following British musician Micachu through the aisles of a hardware store and along the streets of NYC, our video on the 23-year-old documents how she builds her experimental instruments. We also learn how her classical training compares to songwriting and get an impromptu performance with a member of her […]
Found in the MAKE Flickr pool: This clever dolly by Flickr user eok.gnah is made out of skate wheels, but also packs a GorillaPod tripod, giving all sorts of options for shooting video, as evidenced by the sample video.
