Vintage science and tech illustrations
Wonderful collection of illustrations from science books of the mid-20th century. Vintage Science Flickr Pool [via]
Remake
The making of… concrete rings
Here is the the making of concrete rings – looks like a pretty interesting project if you wanted to make your own version too.
Wooden knuckles
Via NOTCOT lovely Wooden knuckles. Related: Brass knuckle cup & purse.
Periodic table rings
For the affluent lover-of-the-elemtents – consider these self-descriptive “periodic rings“. @ $6,500USD for the platinum version, one might enjoy the fact that any onlooker can tell what it’s made of. Hmm, seems there’s no “Al” version available – I declare a remake! Related: Making elemental earrings on the CNC mill Dynamic Periodic Table and MASSIVE […]
Tetris mirror
UK product designer Soner Ozenc makes these inaccurate, though attractive, Tetris mirrors. I remember learning to make glass mosaics with a scoring tool and the edge of a table, so certainly this effect could be achieved with those glass tiles from the hardware store. I think this makes a nice detail to the top of […]
Inflatable bookmark concept
It may be a solution in need of a problem, still an interesting use of inflatable mechanisms – The ABRACADABRA bookmark aims to make finding where you left off and opening to that page easier. I didn’t know it was an issue but now I hate my ordinary paper bookmark. The ABRACADABRA contains an air-filled […]
Recycled cutlery chair
Via core77, whose Aart van Bezooyen writes: Designartist Osian Batyka-Williams discovered that some restaurants change their cutlery as often as every nine months (!) With The Cutlery Chair he demonstrates how these hard-to-recycle, unwanted pieces can be turned into a unique piece of furniture. It looks like it could be simple to remake this with […]
