One downside to being a big fan of a particular maker is how long it can seem between new projects on his/her site, entries of a multi-part projects journal, what they had for breakfast, anything. Certain builders, I go to their sites (or look at their newsfeeds) obsessively, and it can be maddening waiting for […]
AND it’s on wheels (and as far as I know, by “wheels,” they don’t mean logs underneath) [via Dinosaurs and Robots] Log Cabin Studio
January is Make Space for Crafting month on CRAFT, and we’re taking you inside the workspaces of some of our favorite and prolific crafters. Check out the tour and Q&A with Paul Overton of Dude Craft to see how he organizes his space and “makes the magic happen,” so to speak.
Maker Jon Sarriugarte of Oakland, California raises his daughter Zolle in the air at the 2008 Maker Faire in the Bay Area. At a higher education conference (dgree.org) last week, I met Marie who told me the following story about her young daughter, Annika. “I have a son who is a whiz at math. I’ve […]
Todd Greene is the Los-Angeles-based inventor of the HeadBlade, shown above, which is an ergonomic razor intended specifically for close-shaving of the head, rather than the face. It was chosen as one of Time’s Ten Best Designs of 2000. Greene, who claims to have made millions selling HeadBlades, is one of several inventors and inventing “gurus” featured in this interesting article on CNN.com about the groundswell of ambitious inventing in the United States triggered by the recession.
From designer Stuart Haygarth, these beautiful chandeliers made from recycled eyeglasses and/or eyeglass lenses.
Check out these sweet laser-cut MAKE back issue boxes that Jonathan Danforth made and loaded onto Thingiverse. I like the look of MAKE magazine on my bookshelves but I wanted something to store them in that was similar to the holders I use for other magazines. MAKE’s (and CRAFT’s) unique form factor require a custom […]
