I love this amazing embroidered map of the stars from Gina Dawson. Even more, I love that she also stitched receipts of all the movies she rented from Blockbuster and watched while stitching the star map. Awesome. [via Design for Mankind]
One of the many very cool things about my job is getting to watch ideas evolve in the community over time. Since I first saw Mikal Hart present the original reverse geocache puzzle at Dorkbot Austin more than a year ago, we’ve seen a number of cool variations and improvements on the theme (see the “More” block, below). This latest twist, from Donald Papp, adds a couple of cool features including reprogrammable “solution” locations, allowing the box to be used over and over again, specifically with the intent that, in an analogy to regular geocaching, it will have multiple users over its lifetime. The idea is that you can solve it, reprogram it, and then pass it on to somebody else. Donald has also added a camera to the box that records a photo every time it is activated for a “hint,” making the journey of the box and its user(s) self-logging. [Thanks, Donald!]
Broken sandal? Fear not! Uncoolpizza on Instructables shows us how to fix that stopper that holds the flip flop straps between your toes. Image above is a creative commons licensed photo by billaday on Flickr.
Inspired by the Kaoss Pad and monome music controller/interfaces, Alexander Randon created the Kaossonome The Kaossonome is my first electronic music controller design. It interfaces the musician via a touchscreen, resting on top of a 256 LED matrix, and eight rotary encoders with pushâ€buttons, four on opposite sides of the LED matrix. Enclosed within an […]
Douglas Coupland is the sculptor responsible for this luscious voxel orca sculpture outside the Vancouver convention center. See a few more pictures after the jump! [Thanks, Andrew Salomone!]
It’s Design & Photography month over on CRAFT, Where Andrew Lewis has a guide to running fabric through your inkjet printer: Sometimes I have a great idea for a textile project, but I get put off by the thought of trawling through the seemingly endless bolts of fabric at the store. Then I think about […]
It’s time for more crafty comment fun! We’re featuring some of our favorite reader feedback here on the blog, over on Facebook and from our Twitter followers. Let’s jump right in! There were some great tips and ideas over on Facebook in response to Kristin’s Frappacheapo that I featured last week. I liked Stacie Haber […]
