Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

18.12.10

Futuristic Festivity: Radiant metallic snow

Seasonal cupcake containers are perfect - flatten them out and fold into sixths.

After cutting, unfold to see what you've produced. You can achieve 3D effect by bending the sides - the metallic foil holds its shape!




And thus, you have snow in Los Angeles. You can also use them to make sweet handcrafted cards to go along with your gifts, or simply give them as the gift itself. The process isn't very complex, and yet the outcome can be lovely and elaborate.

9.12.10

Washable Electronics

We love seeing people who invent new directions in their craft. Often, it happens by hybridizing two seemingly incompatible things: concrete and cotton (Tactility Factory), lace and fencing (Demakersvan), lighting design and breadmaking (Kimberly Hu). These projects all reflect an interdisciplinary spirit.

So what happens when a soap-maker is also passionate about video games? Crash! Bam! Chrystal Douchette combined the two together and invented DigitalSoaps. In classical mad-scientist fashion, she even came out with a series containing caffeine. As if gaming geeks need another reason to be addicted to their hobby...

Links:
http://digitalsoaps.net/default.aspx
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Digitalsoaps