Building giant cameras
I’m digging these giant cameras, built by photographer Chris McCaw.
Month: October 2010
Used coffee capsules repurposed as clock batteries
Designers MischerTraxler built these coffee-powered clocks for an installation at Venice Design Week.
Cafe lined with faux bookshelves
Architecture and design firm nemaworkshop created this cool NYC coffee shop that resembles a library turned on its side. Tiles printed to look like bookshelves line the floor, walls, and ceiling while light fixtures seem to defy gravity as they project out of the walls. Neat! [Via Dezeen]
How-To: Diabolical Horns
By Dorinda von Stroheim Sassy, sultry, yet utterly all-American, the San Francisco-based Devil-Ettes put on a kid-friendly, wickedly wild, high-energy show featuring historical dances from the heyday of 1960s go-go, including the Hully Gully, the Twist, the Frug, and the Watusi. They’ve also perfected the art of making devil horns. Tools Large darning needle Paintbrushes […]
Maker Faire on The Martha Stewart Show (videos)
The Maker Faire episode of The Martha Stewart Show is now online! TV-less or just Hallmark Channel-less? Watch the video clips on Martha’s site (sadly not embeddable here). We’re ecstatic to see some of our favorite makers featured on the show yesterday. I was lucky enough to attend with Maker Faire director Sherry Huss, Nick […]
Clothesline races at the Hack Factory
Twin Cities hackerspace the Hack Factory is holding clothesline races next month. You will build a racer, attach it to the cable in the shop, and have it race to the finish and back to the start on its own power. Fabulous prizes will be awarded in various categories. We had a potluck for our […]
Super Mario Retro Room
Nathan Roberts wrote a great step-by-step on how he revamped a plain bedroom into something special for his son. And I dare say with the pixelated retro Super Mario theme, this might appeal to some older “kids” in our audience as well. Nathan says about his process: Not long ago I decided I really needed […]