DIY Magnet sculpture
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Cmorris32839 made a really DIY magnetic sculpture – Link.
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Running the numbers, portraits of consumption
Chris Jordan’s incredible gallery of consumption culture (this skeleton is made from 200,000 packs of cigarettes) artist’s statment – This new series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans […]
Flower pot rolls over when it needs water
Unlike some plants that call you on the phone when they are thirsty for water, The “Roly-Poly Pot” concept by Samgmin Bae begins to tilt over when its water levels are low, thus serving as a visual reminder of their thirst. Each pot can be adjusted to work with the plant’s watering needs and schedule. […]
Nut and bolt wedding rings and uber ring round up
Clever maker-style nut and bolt wedding rings – Brass, 24k gold plate, white zircon – Wedding Bands are about commitment. The inherent connotations are a huge part of the piece and, quite often, reveal themselves as a social or sexual comment. The rings are constructed out of brass then plated in 24k gold. And although […]
Hexagram shirt
Zazaziza writes – We’ve put together a wearable randomness generator and display that, by way of a simple gestural interface, shows hexagrams from the Book of Changes (I Ching). The Hexagram shirt was inspired by and conceived to fit into the dystopic universe of Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle, a novel […]
Giant white glove
The white glove tracking project has an interesting outcome, Michael Jackson meets Mickey Mouse… – On May 4th, 2007, we asked internet users to help isolate Michael Jackson’s white glove in all 10,060 frames of his nationally televised landmark performance of Billy Jean. 72 hours later 125,000 gloves had been located. wgt_data_v1.txt (listed below) is […]
“Steamy” Justice League mods
Check out these awesome re-imaginings of the Justice League as Victorian-era superheroes (inspired by the Gotham by Gaslight comics). And while you’re on this modder’s site, be sure to check out the other amazing collections, such as Dune: House Atreides, Star Wars: Re-Vision, and a number of other custom figure galleries. Gaslight Justice League – […]