African toys
Pictures from Kenya and Ghana of toys made from scrap metal, tins, wire, and pieces of leather via Boing Boing Gadgets.
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Pantone inspired products
Giant collection of *Pantone inspired products via NOTCOT. Love the rugs, mugs and art! *Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, primarily printing, though sometimes in the manufacture of colored paint, fabric and plastics.
Framework 5x5x5
Alexandre sent in this interesting sculpture made from a lot of LEDS and servos to control the movement. There is a video available on the web site. Æ’5³ _ framework 5*5*5 refers to informatics’ modular workspace, called a framework. Here, Æ’5³ ‘s “frames” constitute the framework, a space built up by five modules of 2*2m, […]
Making things, from things
Robert Bradford makes these interesting sculptures out of cheap plastic toys and other assorted bits. His rainbow colored pieces range from an AK-47 to a dog. The Mauger Modern Art Gallery describes Bradfords work as: Robert’s ideas come from a wide variety of sources, and include psychotherapeutic concepts (the artist practiced as a therapist for […]
HOW TO – Embroider digital images
Here’s a new instructable I made for fffffatlab on how to create embroidery designs using images on your computer screen. The resulting grafitti tag style patches are also for sale in the fffffat etsy shop.
Internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek
I really like these internet meme paintings by Jeremiah Palecek in particular, techno viking. Related: Password painting.
drinkpeedrinkpeedrinkpee
drinkpeedrinkpeedrinkpee is a new eco-exhibit at Eyebeam… What happens when we think of our bodies as their own ecosystems? Are they open or closed ecosystems? Where do we draw the boundaries? Before we take medication, do we ask ourselves how it will affect our internal organs, our friendly bacteria? What is our medication’s future, beyond […]