MAKE » Category: Furniture

Maker Faire Inspires Father/Daughter Steampunk Table

John Patten — Tue, 07 May 2013 18:26:07 +0000

Last year our first trip to Maker Faire Bay Area. My daughter Sawyer and I saw many creative projects and were inspired by the work we saw. Sawyer, who was 7, really got the bug to make things. One of our first projects was a table built out of 1-inch black steel pipe, wood 2 x 4s, and glas

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Conductive Paint Liquidity Lamps

Goli Mohammadi — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:48:34 +0000

Scottish designer Patrick Stevenson-Keating made these innovative lamps using Bare Conductive's nontoxic electrically conductive Bare Paint suspended in oil for the 2012 Milan Furniture Fair. Tilting the lamps so that the Bare Paint makes contact between the two electrodes extending from the bulb turns the lamp on.

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On-the-go furniture for on-the-go People

Alasdair Allan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:32:05 +0000

Harking back to the era of steam trunks the Arara Nomade is nomadic furniture: a trunk that turns into a shelves, drawers and hanging space. Designed for easy assembly and disassembly, no screws, glue or tools are required to put in together, or to take it apart at the end of your trip.

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15 Projects Made from Shipping Pallets

Michael Colombo — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:09:54 +0000

There's something about shipping pallets that makers are drawn to. They're easily obtainable on the roadside or by dumpster diving (don't steal!), the form-factor lends itself to certain types of construction, and the rustic finish is just appealing in terms of aesthetics.

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Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino: Making the Good Night Lamp

Andrew Sleigh — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:45:37 +0000

Last March, Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino registered a new limited company in London, and booked a booth at CES, the consumer electronics trade show, taking place 10 months later. She had no team, and only a dated prototype product that she had designed back in 2005. “I thought what’s the biggest kick […]

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Ikea Cabinets Transformed Into Lego Storage

John Baichtal — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:30:30 +0000

Martin Storbeck of Böblingen, Germany, noticed that Ikea’s Bestå cabinet doors looked an awful lot like Lego bricks, so why not decorate them as such to hold his collection of actual Legos? Martin created a slideshow showing how he made the doors — spoiler: with coasters as the Lego studs. […]

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Furniture Building Set

John Baichtal — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:30:02 +0000

Joscha Weiand’s Loose Joints is a set of wooden poles and a variety of connectors that can be used to make shelving, chairs, and other accoutrements for the home. [via Doornob] Filed under: Art & Design, Furniture

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How-To: Cat Scratch Feeder

Goli Mohammadi — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:04:06 +0000

Has your cat left scratch marks on everything from grandmother's kneecaps to your grandfather clock? It's time to train Kitty to use this scratching post instead of everything else in your home.

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Reclaimed Bowling Lane Table

John Baichtal — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:30:02 +0000

Dillon Hodapp of 1.21 Jigawatts (who also created the DIY Bike Welding Rig) wrote in to share his Bowling Lane Table project: I recently moved into my first house and was in need of a dining room table. I saw a picture of a table that used an old section […]

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CNC Joinery Notebook: Update 1

Sean Michael Ragan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:54:01 +0000

For about ten years, I have been collecting various clever ways of cutting flat stock to design 3D shapes that slot together in space. Back in April, I posted a long, rambling brain-dump from this personal file under the title "CNC Joinery Notebook." If you've got a copy of MAKE 33 handy, you'll find a much-polished version of that article on p.59. Since then, a few more patterns have come to my attention, and I thought the publication of MAKE Vol 33 was a good opportunity to share them with you.

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