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July 2, 2008
Honda Element bed promotes good night's rest
Rishi Oswal (of in and around San Diego, CA) lives in his car. Now, what separates him from that guy in his van down by the river is this totally incredible custom bed platform he made to go inside his Honda Element. He documented its creation insanely well on his blog, with every little detail explained. Even if you don't live in your car, this would make for a roadtripper's dream! (Thanks, Lisa!)
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jul 2, 2008 07:00 PM
DIY Projects, Furniture, Transportation |
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June 28, 2008
Reflect table helps enlighten the conversation
The "Reflect" table is an LED board embedded inside a table that monitors the sound levels of people's conversations with an array of microphones around the exterior. The multi-color LEDs show the sound levels of the chatter of those speaking so that they can get a visual picture of who is dominating the conversation. The translucent paneling in front of the lights is meant to move the feedback system into the background so that people will not concentrate on the lights. Pretty nice, but I think that might ruin the conversation itself.
REFLECT: Noise Sensitive Table, [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 28, 2008 08:00 AM
Arts, Electronics, Furniture, Gadgets |
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June 26, 2008
Lamps made from micro-cassettes
We found these gorgeous lamps, made from clear-cased micro-cassettes, on Boing Boing Gadgets. This seems like a cool, easy project that you could also do with full-sized clear cassettes (you'd just want to use fewer of them so your lamp wouldn't be huge). Check out the cool patterns the light makes.
Transparent House
Note: This rather annoying Flash-based site does not contain any how-to instructions on these lamps, only photos (found in the Portfolio->Industrial Design section).
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 26, 2008 12:00 PM
Crafts, Furniture, Remake |
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June 25, 2008
LED dining table circuit
Today, Evil Mad Scientist Labs releases the circuit diagram for the LED Dining Table project that they, and we, first blogged about in 2006. Windell writes:
We're releasing this as a free (and fully unsupported) project design, so... "Have fun, kids!"
Interactive LED Dining Table Circuit
Related:
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 25, 2008 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Furniture |
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June 20, 2008
Expanding lamp
This has to be one of the coolest lamps out there. It reminds me of those expanding spheres you can find in most toy stores. I don't have any more information about the lamp, but I thought it was still worth a quick post. I believe the lamp was originally made for the 2007 Dutch Design Week.
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 20, 2008 01:00 AM
Arts, Electronics, Furniture |
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June 19, 2008
Dale Mathis' wicked-cool gear desk
An "executive desk" with working gears inside of a glass top. The artist also has a coffee table with similar clockwork innards.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 19, 2008 12:00 PM
Arts, Furniture, Retro |
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June 18, 2008
Prone carts
Rick builds these totally incredible prone carts to help him achieve tasks otherwise impossible from sitting in a wheelchair. He mods golf carts and tractors so that he can drive them from the prone position. While in his carts, he can weld, garden, cook, and make beautiful wood furniture, things that can be difficult or impossible from a wheelchair. His creations are stunning and quite numerous! He even has a tutorial for how to make your own prone cart.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 18, 2008 09:00 PM
Furniture, Makers, Transportation |
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Mouse pad couch won't give you RSI
This couch was built from hundreds of old mouse pads that were on their way to the garbage bin since newer optical mice don't need the pads for traction anymore. Rather than toss them, this maker decided to turn them into a spongy sofa that is perfect for the tech obsessed office.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 18, 2008 06:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Furniture |
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June 17, 2008
Chair transmits images via touch, looks uncomfy
The "Mind Chair" is a tactile interface for visual information -
Designers Beta Tank have developed a working version of Mind Chair, a chair that transmits moving imagery to the sitter's brain via a grid of solenoids on the chair back.Using the broad area of a person's back for communicating large amounts of tactile information makes sense, perhaps the devices next iteration will be a bit more 'nerf'-like? - Mind Chair by Beta Tank [via BBGadgets]The solenoids take imagery from a video camera to produce impulse patterns on the sitter's back, which the brain interprets back into imagery.
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Jun 17, 2008 04:00 AM
Furniture, Science |
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Portable Cardboard Table
This is a neat idea, especially if it could be made out of recycled cardboard. I only wish it came with a seat, or two!
This lightweight, portable cardboard table aims to assist on-the-go creative types like designers and students, who are often limited to work on low desks or floors. Made by Sruli Recht from flatpack cardboard pieces, this lightweight, sturdy design offers creatives an ergonomic plane on which to cut, fold, draft or design. Adding even more appeal to this smart and useful design, the table is biodegradable and can easily be folded up to pack into a portable carrier.
Learn more about Portable Cardboard Table
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 17, 2008 12:00 AM
Furniture, Green |
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June 15, 2008
Bunk bed night stand
Steve and his daughter Zoe came up with this clever night stand for kids who sleep on the top bunk, which they call the "flying night stand." I wish I had one of these as a kid and during my lofted bed dorm years in college! They whipped up a nice step-by-step for the project, too.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 15, 2008 09:00 PM
DIY Projects, Furniture |
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June 13, 2008
Fractal table
This table is made through rapid prototyping (3D printing) of branches that become increasingly more dense at the top to form a planar surface. It was developed by Platform Wertel Oberfell and Matthias Bär. Via Core 77.
Related:
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 13, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, Computers, Furniture, Science |
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June 12, 2008
It's time to "overclock" your furniture
Although this is a pretty old hack, we still like it because of its simplicity. This maker decided to put IKEA furniture to good use and build a PC mod out of a glass-top coffee table. Also check out the chair with a console embedded inside at the link below.
make your own ikea video game furniture
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 12, 2008 04:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Furniture |
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June 11, 2008
Build your own studio apartment
The furniture giant from Sweden is going viral with this giant box seen on Brooklyn streets promoting a new store in the NYC Borough. Build your own studio apartment with all the wooden pegs and tiny steel Allen wrenches you can shake a Lingonberry soda at!
[via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 11, 2008 05:00 AM
Culture jamming, DIY Projects, Furniture |
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June 10, 2008
HOW TO - planter from reclaimed pallets
In this instructable, user fake_faux shows us all how to transform two wooden pallets into this deceptively simple planter which is also a frog shelter. If you've got a dad who likes to take on projects, these plans and a couple of pallets could make a great father's day gift.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jun 10, 2008 09:00 PM
DIY Projects, Furniture, Green, Instructables |
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June 9, 2008
Plastic knife lamp cuts through the fancy
This lamp is built from 121 recycled plastic knives collected over the course of countless BVD group lunches from a fried chicken restaurant. Pretty funny that it actually resembles something that people would pay a lot of money for, but costs less than the lunches it was taken from.
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jun 9, 2008 04:00 AM
Furniture, Made On Earth |
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ReVision Furniture
These are really interesting tables made by teenagers in Boston. They are perfect for a remake, but you will feel really good about purchasing one too, since it's for a good cause.
Boston's Artists for Humanity have an apprentice program that is housed in an award-winning "green" building that inspired the teenagers to create a line of green furniture. After months of research and development, the teen-artists produced ReVision, a line of furniture that incorporates magazines and junk mail into no-VOC resin.
Via MocoLoco - ReVision Furniture
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 9, 2008 02:00 AM
Furniture, Remake |
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Light table and desk
At the flick of a switch this desk becomes a full size light table. That can be very handy if you shoot traditional film and video. But that's not all this desk does. Wait until the end of the video to see the motorized height adjustment. Now that's a great desk!
Via - SwissMiss - Light table desk
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Jun 9, 2008 01:00 AM
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June 6, 2008
Home ambient lighting system
Joe of HacknMod writes:
Here's an awesome DIY lighting system for you. This guy set up a wicked system that can be controlled by the colors displayed on his TV (similar to Phillip's Ambilight) or by controlling it with his BlackBerry. He used an LED-Wiz controller to control various RBG LED displays thorough the room. He also noted the flickering in the video is not as visible in real life.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jun 6, 2008 02:00 AM
Electronics, Furniture, Imaging |
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May 29, 2008
USB LED CD
Translation: It's a desk lamp made from old CDs, with LED lights, powered by a PC USB port. Not the prettiest lamp on the desk, but you could obviously design it however you wish.
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
May 29, 2008 11:40 AM
Furniture, Instructables |
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