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Insane Sculptural Furniture “Unzips” Before Your Eyes

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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June 25th, 2015August 26th, 2015 8

Artist and designer Sebastian ErraZuriz creates what at first appears to be sleek, minimalist, Ikea-esque pieces of furniture, but there is more to them than meets the eye. In his recently published videos on Vimeo, he demonstrates that his “functional sculptures” are far more than what they originally seem. In fact, once they are transformed […]

IKEA Hack: DIY D20 Pendant Lamp

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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June 20th, 2015June 20th, 2015 1

Get geeky with your home decor! Make a super-easy DIY D20 pendant lamp with this smart IKEA hack. Have a Dungeon Master in your house? Turn a geometric lampshade into a gamer-friendly light source with this cool and eye-catching D20 pendant lamp tutorial from Kat and Cam at Our Nerd Home.

20 Secret Doors and Clever Hiding Places

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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June 17th, 2015November 9th, 2015 16

The fascination with secret doors and hidden compartments has been around since ancient times and our desire to hide things hasn’t dwindled.

Make a Chair That’s Also a Bookshelf

By Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Nicole is a former Editorial Intern at Make: She is a long time maker and previously worked for Instructables.com (Penolopy Bulnick). Every day she is inspired by something new and wishes there was more hours in the day to make!

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June 9th, 2015August 10th, 2015 5

No matter where you turn in this bookshelf chair, you’ll always have a book at hand. This amazing piece of furniture was created by Darko Kavazovic. He saw a similar chair on houzz.com that cost $5,000, but decided it would be a great project to make himself and he could do it for just a fraction of the […]

These 6 Pipe Shelf Ideas Are Plumb Cool

By Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy S Cook

Jeremy is an engineer with 10 years experience at his full-time profession, and has a BSME from Clemson University. Outside of work he’s an avid maker and experimenter, building anything that comes into his mind!

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June 8th, 2015June 1st, 2015 2

One thing most shelves and storage units have in common is that they’re constructed with mostly right angles. Generally, round pieces (especially those with threads showing) are avoided. These relatively easy storage units eschew this paradigm by prominently featuring round metal piping and the necessary fittings in their design. Two are entirely made of fittings! […]

Upcycled Bike Chain Becomes Funky Timepiece

By Nathan Hurst

Nathan Hurst

Nathan Hurst is an editor at Make. He loves anything having to do with science or bicycling. He tweets as @nathanbhurst.

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June 5th, 2015June 3rd, 2015 3

Brian Barmmer repurposed an old bike chain and cassette into this creative clock