Print custom fabric on-demand
Has anyone tried this service? It’s Spoonflower – a custom fabric print on-demand service via Photojojo. They’re based out of an old sock mill in downtown Mebane, North Carolina and allow tours – sounds pretty rad.
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Improbable Buildings
Filip Dujardin builds some unusual structural images from existing architectural photographs – Every montage, says Dujardin, is one project. It begins with an idea for a specific image. Often he starts off by building a model of the form he is trying to achieve – at first in cardboard, but he has recently discovered SketchUp. […]
Laser cut jewelry – Floppy disk & cassette ring
Laser cut jewelry – Floppy disk ring via the CRAFT pool.
TriGears – 3D printed puzzle co-created by BitTorrent inventor
TriGears by Oskar van Deventer, and Bram Cohen via Jorn… TriGears is a special puzzle. There are three gears set so that turning one gear turns the other two. If the three gears were in a flat plane they would, of course, jam. Oskar had the gears bevelled and set them at 60 degrees so […]
Turning campaign signs in to birdhouses
Urban Prankster writes – Montreal group Les Fourmis came up with a clever use for campaign signs after the recent Canadian election– turn them into birdhouses and put them up around the city. I wonder how many millions of campaign signs there are in the US right now heading to a landfill? Photo set here.
Banana chandelier will make you go ape
This “Banana Chandelier” was made from dozens of discarded banana cartons found in the streets and is held together only by paper fasteners. Pretty impressive structure to have in your house although looks like it might be a fire hazard. Anneke Jakobs via Point and Click Home
Live performance turns performers into audio controllers
“True” is a performance project that uses myoelectric sensors attached to the performer’s bodies that effects the lights and sound of the entire piece. Also effecting the sound, oscillators are attached to the metal scaffolding on both sides of the stage and are shaken in sync with the music and performer’s actions. Watch the video […]