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.
Leonardo made a diskmaker, not something practical (yet) – but usually nothing interesting starts out being so… hate dishes? the DishMaker is a new kind of appliance that can replace dishes altogether by making cups, bowls and plates on demand and recycling them when you’re done. the device uses up the same room and energy […]
Here’s a really cool animated sculpture – plinth, electric turbine, glass, & fluid – there might be a spinning magnet in there or the plastic goes through the plinth… whatcha think makers? – [via] – Link & video.
