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Artsy chairs

Artsy chairs

This collection of chairs has a lot of good ideas for making your own – I really like this “cut and paste” chair, if you have a few old chairs this could be your next franken-chair! Källemo News Stockholm Furniture Fair 2007 – [via] Link.

Jeff Hoefs “Beat blocks”

Jeff Hoefs “Beat blocks”

Here’s a bit more about the “beat blocks” by Jeff Hoefs that were at the ETSY/MAKE handmade music night – Beat Blocks is a tangible interface for a rhythm sequencer. The user is able to create and manipulate an 8-track drum loop (4 tracks in the featured prototype) on the fly by physically re-arranging blocks […]

Kinetica Museum, Spitalfields, London

Kinetica Museum, Spitalfields, London

I’m adding Kinetica, a museum of kinetic art to the “MAKE playlist” of places to check out — looks great! Kinetica is the UK’s first museum of kinetic art. It will actively encourage the convergence of art and technology, providing an exhibition space in central London where the most important examples of kinetic, technological and […]

Kropserkel: Stop motion robot puppets

Kropserkel: Stop motion robot puppets

Kropserkel’s puppets and stop motion creations practically leap off the screen, check out these puppets made from junked metal parts– From the whimsical brain of our very own Nelson Costa. The unnamed robots: 150 year old first artificial human and Henry Ford’s first robot. These are some original original design stop motion puppets that are […]