Bre visits Dam Stuhltrager gallery in Brooklyn to check out an exhibition of breathing books created by artist Edith Kollath. Each book’s surreal movement is controlled via Lilypad Arduino, likely chosen for its thin easy-to-conceal profile which keeps the art looking properly book-like. Unfortunately, the art’s clever design proved a heap of trouble for the […]
You know steampunk has gone mainstream when it seeps into academic institutions… I recently was given a steampunk assignment in one of my sculpture/metalworking classes, so I modded a vintage Kenmore sewing machine with some spare parts from Phoenix’s favorite junk shop, Apache Reclamation. The propellers on the drive wheel and thread spool spin when […]
Peacay at BibliOdyssey found this incredible University of Cincinnati exhibit of calendar cards produced by the Strobridge Lithography Company.
Multi-tool… is a font via NOTCOT. Marcus writes – My neighbour forgot his multi function tool in our kitchen. I started playing around with it and (surprise, surprise) tried to create a whole alphabet with the sentence “typography can be a multi function tool†in mind. I did not yet find the time to create […]
Al Farrow’s ammunition art… Check out the complete gallery for some amazing works!
“Sticks” by Doug Back consists of a number of geared down stepper motors with fiberglass sticks mounted on shafts. If a stick touches another, it reverses directions as if they are shy to the touch, ultimately resulting in a common pattern that allows them to rotate freely. Pretty cool idea for a simple autonomous interactive […]
The “ROMP or Remotely Operated Mobile Platform is a remote controlled paintball cannon that allows anyone to control where and when the pellets are spewed forth. Just don’t try to drive this through a crowded urban space or the Feds might be on your tail. via DVICE
