These are are just a few of architect and artist Gregg Fleishman’s amazing “panel puzzle” designs. To left, a 2002 chair called Nebula II, and to right, a timeline showing stages in the evolution of his 1979 Lumbarest design, the first prototype of which dates to 1975. Besides furniture, Gregg also designs buildings and model vehicles using a similar body of techniques.
Have you ever looked at an Alexander McQueen gown and thought to yourself, “I wonder how many gummy bears it would take to recreate that?” Well apparently Hissa Igarashi and Sayuri Marakumi did, and it turns out that it took 50,000 gummy bears to create this ambitious dress for the debut issue of TWELV Magazine. […]
Manfred Kielnhofer made these chairs from cardboard tubes that are manufactured with recycled paper. The armrests may be a little wonky for actual sitting puruposes, but it’s a novel idea nonetheless.
A Beautiful Mess shows us how to make a cool geometric stamp out of cardboard to up-grade a simple table runner.
This beautifully conceived and executed chess set was made using vintage Russian Nixie tubes. The tubes are illuminated without visible wires; they glow when at rest on the gameboard surface. Kudos to Tony of Lasermad for producing what, IMHO, is quite clearly a masterpiece.
These DIY his and her sharpie mugs from Elsie at A Beautiful Mess would make great personalized gifts. Plus, with only 30 minutes of baking time required to set the design, they’re perfect for the procrastinators among us! Click here for the full tutorial. More: How-To: Beer Mug @Craftzine.com blog How-To: Glass Travel Mug With […]
The design of this collection of 1960s library posters is positively delightful. Flickr user, Enokson, found them “while digging through old library stuff.” It’s hard to pick a favorite, but I’m partial to the space-themed ones. [via @whatkatiedoes] More: How-To: Retro Sci-Fi Poster @Craftzine.com blog
