In this, the final in our series of “Letters,” Shawn Wallace, member of AS220, the Providence, RI community arts and technology space, shares his experiences with the Fab Academy, a distributed learning collaborative, built on the infrastructure of the Fab Lab network. (Links to all of Shawn’s inspiring “Letters” are available at the end of […]
I love this quilted playmat by Molly at the Purl Bee for it’s beauty and sheer simplicity. (No basting necessary!) Make it in a weekend as a great new baby gift!
Very cool giant kitty couch, but my googling fingers are coming up short: anybody have any idea what plush master constructed this lovely sculpture? Update: The couch was made by Belgian design firm Unfold, and here’s a post with process photos and more info. More: Giant Soft Egg
UK based DIY Couture’s Rosie Martin vists Etsy and shows you step-by-step how to sew up a gathered skirt. I love the many ways you can wear it!
I recently attended BlogHer ’10 this week in New York City and needed to bring my trusty Hello Kitty Janome with me. I wasn’t sure how best to get my machine on the plane, but after a date with some painter’s tape, we made it on just fine. Since security rules are always changing, here’s […]
I’m a sucker for this sort of thing… even if I don’t have 3D glasses. Augmented reality is taken to the next, all-immersive level in Keiichi Matsuda’s film, recently presented at London’s 3D Film Festival at the Barbican. The architecture graduate and filmmaker has imagined a future world overlaid with digital information, whose built environment […]
Henna tattoos are perfect for summertime. They are natural, they are beautiful, they are temporary, and one batch of henna goes a long way!
