Giant ‘inkjet’ printer uses paintballs to draw images
German design group Sonice Development GmbH built this large-scale printer, called the Facade Printer.
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Parsons Design & Technology symposium opening night
I attended the Parsons Design & Technology thesis symposium opening last night, great stuff! Above is an installation by Christina Speligene. Below: Zach Gage’s “Data” counts visitors. The show is open all weekend in NYC. OneZero: MFA Design and Technology Thesis Symposium Exhibition April 30, 2010 – May 2, 2010 Sheila C. Johnson Design Center […]
Staple-cities large and small
We covered artist Peter Root’s smaller Low-Rise staplescape back in 2009. It’s only about 1.5 m2. His newest work, Ephemicropolis, shown uppermost, is a full 18 m2. Be sure to check out the making-of video at his website. As impressive as Root’s models are, I have to admit I am almost equally charmed by Tofi Stoler’s miniature of Manhattan Island, shown immediately above. [via Boing Boing]
Candles make for a hot illusion
Have you ever seen a trompe l’oeil image of a cube?
Wind-powered scarf knitting machine
Product designer Marel Karhof coupled an antique sock-knitting machine to a windmill. She collects the knitted material at regular intervals, and its length thus reflects the “windiness” of the period over which it was produced. The N+1 step, it seems to me, is to somehow make the amount of wind effect the scarf’s color over time. Perhaps by adding one of these CMYK thread color-matching machines to the mix? [via CRAFT]
Maker Faire: Interview with Raygun Gothic Rocketship crew
Maker Faire Bay Area, the world’s largest DIY festival, is right around the corner, taking place at the San Mateo Fairgrounds on May 22nd and 23rd. One of the biggest new projects coming to the Faire this year is the Raygun Gothic Rocketship, pictured above and hand-crafted by a large and dedicated crew. We sent […]
Che Guevara in dice
Silicon Valley software engineer Ari Krupnik makes what he calls “pixel mosaics” as a hobby. Besides dice, he’s also used bullet casings and M&Ms. You may have seen Ari in this full-page ShopBot ad in MAKE 14. His rendering of Che Guevara, above, uses 400 black dice. He’s also done one of George Orwell. (“Maybe one day my prose can be as fluid as his,” says Ari–hear, hear!) This page includes another dice example and some good detail on Ari’s process.