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March 1, 2008
Making a steel sunflower
Jack Donnell writes in about this video from Andrew Crawford's blacksmith studio in Atlanta wherein he goes through the process of making a steel sunflower using a waterjet cutter and traditional blacksmithing techniques - Link.
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Mar 1, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, How it's made |
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Light bulbs and bikes make art
This lightbulb / bike project uses color-shifting bulbs and a few BMX dirt bicycles to make a nice ambient environment. It was on display at the "World Space Party" held last year at NASA's Ames research center in California. Pretty cool
Lightbulb art project - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Mar 1, 2008 07:00 AM
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DELO watch makes telling time fun again
The DELO watch by Aeolab (Elise Co and Nikita Pashenkov) is the coolest thing to come to boring wrist watches since old school Pac-Man watches from the 80s. Check out the video for some pretty nice time change customization graphics you can set on the prototype.
DELO Watch - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Mar 1, 2008 05:45 AM
Arts, Gadgets |
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February 27, 2008
Steam-powered time machine
Here's a strange steam-powered kinetic sculpture by Alan Rorie, who works under the name Almost Scientific. He explains:
The Dihemispheric Chronaether Agitator is a kinetic, "steampunk" sculpture of a "time machine" that is powered by a real steam boiler and steam engine. It was built in collaboration with my good friends at Kinetic Steam Works. It was original displayed at the Edwardian Ball in 2008 and will be displayed again this spring as part of the the Steampunk Treehouse instillation at the Coachella music festival.
The Dihemispheric Chronaether Agitator - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Feb 27, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Retro |
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Public domain donor
Interesting take on the organ donor card...
Why let all of your ideas die with you? Current Copyright law prevents anyone from building upon your creativity for 70 years after your death. Live on in collaboration with others. Make an intellectual property donation. By donating your IP into the public domain you will "promote the progress of science and useful arts" (U.S. Constitution). Ensure that your creativity will live on after you are gone, make a donation today.Public domain donor - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 27, 2008 07:20 AM
Arts, Culture jamming |
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Paper jewelry
Great interview @roadside scholar with paper jewlery artist Francesca Vitali - [via] Link & more.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 27, 2008 07:00 AM
Arts, Crafts, Paper Crafts |
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Animal superpowers
Regine @ we make money not art on Design Interactions Chris Woebken and Kenichi Okada's "Animal superpowers" -
Animals have senses beyond human experience, they instinctively feel approaching tsunamis through low frequencies, communicate through pheromones or can navigate through magnetic fields.Animal superpowers - Link.Students of Design Interactions Chris Woebken and Kenichi Okada, in collaboration with MBA students from the Oxford Said Business-school, have been developing a series of sensory enhancements toys for children to experience "animal superpowers." Each prototype allows the kid to change perspective or feel empathy with animals.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 27, 2008 06:00 AM
Arts, Electronics, Virtual Worlds |
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Pakistan cars & buses
Gigantic gallery of Pakistan cars & buses, automen writes-
The most striking thing in Pakistan is the vision of trucks and buses completely covered in a riot of color and design. They might spew diesel fumes, they may take up all of the winding, narrow, under-maintained road one is trying to negotiate, but they are certainly noticeable, like so many mechanical dinosaurs adorned in full courtship colors.
The decoration of vehicles is a common practice in a number of countries in addition to Pakistan. Similar techniques and materials are employed in truck and (more frequently) bus decoration in the Philippines, Indonesia, and several countries in Central and South America; in South Asia itself, Indian trucks are painted, as are the scooter rickshaws, called "Baby Taxis", of Bangladesh. What makes the case of Pakistan unique, however, is the pervasiveness of vehicle decoration, since decoration is heavily utilized on virtually all privately and fleet-owned commercial vehicles, from the well known trucks and buses, to vans, share taxis, animal carts and even juice vendors' push carts.
Pakistan cars & buses - [via] Link.
Related:
Jeepneys - Link.
Masaru Tatsuki's Decotora (decorated trucks) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 27, 2008 12:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth, Transportation |
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February 26, 2008
Wire alien
Belial28's (Ludovic Blay) wire alien sculpture on deviantART - [via] Link.
Related:
Mechanical art - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 26, 2008 12:00 AM
Arts |
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February 25, 2008
"Invisible clothing"
Dail Mail on Desiree Palmen's "invisible clothing" -
In the natural world, the chameleon blends in perfectly with its background. In the urban jungle, Desiree Palmen decided to attempt the same visual deception. And as these pictures show, the effect is amazing. Miss Palmen, a 44-year-old Dutch artist, uses a method that requires a huge amount of effort and attention to detail. She makes cotton suits and paints the camouflage on by hand, painstakingly matching it to the chosen background. Either she or a model then poses in the suit in the chosen place. The scenes are photographed and filmed and then put on display. "People always react strongly when they see my work," she said. "They have mixed reactions: confusion, surprise and interest." She added: "Mostly people like the idea of wearing garments that make them invisible."
Spot the 'invisible' men and women in artist's amazing photographs | the Daily Mail - [via] Link.
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Feb 25, 2008 12:10 PM
Arts, Crafts |
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Twine tables
Henrik Bonnevier @ wis design designed these super-crafty looking twine tables from painted MDF and steel wire - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 10:00 AM
Arts, Remake |
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Howl's Moving Castle papercraft and timelapse
Ben Millet papercrafted up Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle", he made a time lapse movie of the construction too! - [via] Link & more - and spotted the PDFs here.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 09:00 AM
Arts, Paper Crafts |
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Measuring tape lights
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Chrissy Angliker makes gorgeous lamps from measuring tapes. I really like the variety of measuring tapes, colors and shapes she's created - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 08:00 AM
Arts, Remake |
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Mike Rea interview - It's made of wood
Here's an incredible interview (and photos) with Mike Rea, maker of amazing wooden sculptures - Link.
Related:
- Mike Rea (site) - Link.
- Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. April 3-June 15, 2008 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 07:30 AM
Arts, Made in Japan |
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Magnetic curtain
Florian Kräutli's "magnetic curtain" you scrunch it in to any shape and it stays that way, very clever - [via] Link.
Related:
"Better View" curtain - Link.
Craft - Volume 4 - Modern Macramé Curtain (Page 84) - Link.
More:
- Curtain makes it looks like you have a life - Link.
- Yellow Submarine shower curtain - Link.
- DIY Recycled paper curtain - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2008 07:00 AM
Arts, Remake |
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February 24, 2008
La Chica Postal
Gorgeous dress and umbrella made from laser cut postal stuffs - "La Chica Postal" - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2008 05:00 AM
Arts, Crafts |
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Bookcase staircase
Apartment Therapy has a great write up on this clever staircase turned bookshelves, one for the remake list! -
The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area of the flat by approximately one third. We created a 'secret' staircase, hidden from the main reception room, to access a new loft bedroom lit by roof lights. Limited by space, we melded the idea of a staircase with our client's desire for a library to form a 'library staircase' in which English oak stair treads and shelves are both completely lined with books. With a skylight above lighting the staircase, it becomes the perfect place to stop and browse a tome. The stair structure was designed as an upside down 'sedan chair' structure (with Rodrigues Associates, Structural Engineers, London) that carries the whole weight of the stair and books back to the main structural walls of the building. It dangles from the upper floor thereby avoiding any complicated neighbour issues with the floors below.Bookcase staircase - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2008 03:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth, Remake |
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Solar dragonfly
James Watt has made one of the most beautiful little electronic insect-bots that I have ever seen. The dragonfly has several solar cells, and some simple electronics, that allow the wings to flap via a pager motor. His sculptures are incredibly well thought out and put together, amazing! - Link
Related:
- HOW TO - Build BEAM Vibrobots - Link
- Solarbotics - Link.
- A Beginner's Guide to BEAM - Link.
- BEAM robot - flashing eyes - Link.
- Pummer! Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture, these desktop toys are easy and fun to make. MAKE 08 - page 84. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition.
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 24, 2008 02:00 AM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Cityscapes made from kitchen stuff...
Incredible cityscapes made from pots, pans and misc kitchen gear. The works can be seen @ the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco -
Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures of “scholars' rocks,” the graceful, craggy boulders found in several provinces around China that seem to have been sculpted by natural forces into complex forms worthy of thoughtful contemplation–almost like mental or spiritual landscapes. Collecting these rocks from around China, Wang painstakingly pounds, bends, heats, and molds sections of stainless steel plate across the cloud-like topography of each rock, as if wrapping it in steel–in essence, applying a modern industrial skin to an ancient geologic body. After the steel has been shaped around the rock it is peeled away in sections, welded together as a single unit–a now-hollow duplicate of the rock–and polished to a flawless steel sheen, in some cases almost a mirror finish. The resulting play of light upon their surfaces has the effect of seeming to disembody and even liquefy the steel sculptures, as if they were luminous floating masses or shimmering topographies.Zhan Wang - [via] Link, more & gallery.For his exhibition at the Asian Art Museum, Wang has selected rocks from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, alluding to the nineteenth-century Chinese immigrant experience of mining gold during the California gold rush. Both the actual rocks and their stainless steel versions will be exhibited. The artist will also create a topographic San Francisco cityscape–one of his “urban landscape” series– using steel rocks, mirrored surfaces, silverware, and stainless steel pots and pans.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2008 12:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth |
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February 23, 2008
Action figure lamp
Ryan makes these really cool action figure lamps, they're made of recycled toys which are bonded together and then coated with polyurethane - [via] Link.
Related:
Melted plastic soldier bowl - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2008 01:00 PM
Arts, Remake |
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