Syuzi Pakhchyan, author of our first Craft: Projects book, Fashioning Technology, was a guest on New Hampshire Public Radio’s “Word of Mouth” program. You can hear the webcast of it here. Buy Fashioning Technology by Syuzi Pakhchyan in the Maker Shed today! This book demonstrates how to blend sewing and assembly techniques with traditional electronics […]
It’s the first day of 5 in 5 and there’s a parade of projects. See the gang free themselves from Positioning Systems, choose their food decisively, sash a speaker, stick socks to a tee, mate software circles, print Mega Man, enliven their claw prizes, greet with robots, calm a TV, root for poops, Eco-nomize a […]
Ten ITP students are doing 5 Projects in 5 Days: “5-in-5 is a group event based on the New York University ITP resident researchers’ project “7 in Seven” that took place the second week of June 2008. The premise goes something like this: Do a creative project every day for five straight days, starting Monday, […]
Our pal Gerard Nebesky, a.k.a. The Paella Man, will be on Throwdown with Bobby Flay on the Food Network tonight (July 30). Gerard provides the amazing paellas for Maker Days at the Bay Area Maker Faire. World-renowned Iron Chef, Bobby Flay, shows up in Gerard’s back yard to challenge him to a paella throwdown. See […]
Nice review of The Maker’s Notebook on Duffbert’s Random Musings: Ok… this might be the most unusual book review I’ve ever done. I’m about to review a book consisting of… blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It’s the Maker’s Notebook by O’Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was […]
Jeremy Mayer makes these really fantastic evocative sculptures from old typewriters. I’m amazed by what he uses for each body part, and how he could have imagined to put things together the way he does. Via BoingBoing.
I’ve been excited about the forthcoming 1000 Journals documentary. In case you don’t know about the 1000 Journals project and documentary, here’s a synopsis: 1000 Journals is a film about people whose lives are touched by 1000 traveling journals. These blank journals were released into the world in the summer of 2000, by Someguy, a […]
