Artist Bethan Laura Wood made these clever teacups that reveal designs over time – Stain is a set of a teacups designed to improve through use. This project examines the assumption that use is damaging to a product (For example, scratches on an iPod). The interior surface of the cup is treated so as to […]
Some Kiwi ingenuity sent in from our pal Nat – Why pay $20,000 for a commercial link to run your television station when a $10 kitchen wok from the Warehouse is just as effective? This is exactly how North Otago’s newest television station 45 South is transmitting its signal from its studio to the top […]
Ajit writes – A short documentary about a man and his family building a Medieval Castle in upstate New York. No design experience. He wanted to build a house and the first section looked like a castle so he switched to building a full fledged castle. They have been doing this for more than 25 […]
Papa-G writes – My son found an abandoned wheelchair in the summer and after spending a week having chariot races (i.e. tying ropes to a bike and getting pulled too fast) it ended up in my garage until winter. As you can see from the image, I have no room for anything in the garage, […]
Interesting, the Torofluxus looks like a fun thing to make – if anyone has details on how it’s constructed, post up in the comments… The Torofluxus was invented in the early 1990s by Jochen Valett, then a 70 year old artist and craftsman near Hamburg, Germany. A thirty foot long ribbon of fine “flat spring […]
Artist Frank Buchwald makes incredible lamps… The entire gallery is amazing [via] – Link & translated page.
Scott from Urban Spectacles of Wood makes the most incredible glasses frames in the world, some from wood, others from vinyl records. His latest builds are frames from bicycle parts, sheet aluminum, goggles inspired by super8 cameras and detailed carved frames from wood, check them out. Urban Spectacles of Wood – Link.
