String Art Typography
Honey & Fitz has a tutorial for this great string art typography that would be a bold statement piece for any wall in your home.
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Stained Leather Coasters
Design Sponge posted a really pretty tutorial on how to make stained leather coasters. The technique is cool and the end result is so lovely.
Gregg Fleishman’s Plywood Puzzle Chairs
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.
High-Fashion Dress in Gummy Bears
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. […]
Chair from Recycled Cardboard Tubes
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.
Hand-Stamped Table Runner
A Beautiful Mess shows us how to make a cool geometric stamp out of cardboard to up-grade a simple table runner.
Nixie Tube Chess Set
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.
