Bob Knetzger has been a toy designer for over 30 years, and has created hundreds of toys and games for companies like Mattel, Hasbro, Simon and Schuster, CBS, Quaker Oats, Funrise, Spinmaster, and more. He’s designed and invented everything from cereal box toys to educational software. His creations have been featured on The Tonight Show, […]
It’s still only February, but here at MAKE HQ if feels like spring has sprung. The days are warmer, flowers are blooming, and everything feels new again. Inside the office, there’s a feeling of newness, too. We’re launching a resign of our website. We’ve debuted several new web features. We’re about to send off our newest issue of the magazine to the printer. The lab is building new projects. Maker Faire Bay Area is but a few months away. With that in mind, a gaggle of MAKE editors and engineers will gather today for our monthly editors’ hangout to talk about some of these new initiatives. Join us.
I first met Laura Bruland of Yes & Yes Designs in May 2012 at TechShop in San Francisco. As an avid book reader I was intrigued by the fact that she took old discarded books and turned them into jewelry. OK, I slightly cringed at this, but the results are beautiful. At the time she was able to run her entire business out of TechShop. No overheard, no employees. Just her and a monthly membership.
Move forward seven months and she’s grown her business from six stores in San Francisco to 23 around the world. She went from being a one-woman show to having a business partner/employee and her own laser cutter
Matthew Borgatti’s body of work is impressive not only for his sleek designs and out-of-the-box thinking, but for the sheer variety.
Over 60 makers, artists, and hackers will gather at a warehouse in Brooklyn this week, and spend two days building collaborative projects. Their wares will be on display on Saturday starting at 7PM.
Fans of the television show Parks and Recreation may have caught this awesome scene at the very end of season 5, episode 14, where character Ron Swanson rips out a wall sconce and forges wedding rings from the metal in a cast iron waffle iron.
There are less than two weeks left in GoFundMe’s “make-a-thon” contest so you better get busy. The deadline to enter is March 1. The crowd-sourced funding company is offering a total of $10,000 for the “best maker projects” submitted on the site.
