Month: July 2008

Fashioning Technology forums

Fashioning Technology forums

Syuzi Pakhchyan, the author of our first Craft: Projects title, Fashioning Technology, has created a nice site for the book with a community discussion area. If you’re interested in the book and the types of projects it covers, please register in the forums and share your experiences building the projects. Fashioning Technology Buy Fashioning Technology […]

How Shoes are Sketched

Over at Core77, Michael DiTullo (Design Director for Converse) sketches a shoe in a real-time video. I found it just mesmerizing to see the shoe take shape on the page. They also point out a few key tips that Michael uses for better rendering, including rotating the page frequently and keeping a supply of sharp […]

Mister Jalopy on NPR

Mister Jalopy on NPR

(NPR photo by Jolie Myers) MAKE Contributing Editor Mister Jalopy (Los Angeles, CA) was profiled on NPR’s Day to Day. Mr. Jalopy describes himself as a mediocre welder, a fair mechanic and a clumsy designer — not the type of fellow one would expect to create what he playfully calls the “biggest iPod in the […]