For me, Concrete Month has been about discovering all kinds of amazing uses for a material that, before, had seemed pretty mundane. But among engineers, that sentiment—that concrete can do...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday April 30th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Education, Energy | 5 Comments
Some nice detailed build notes from Nori Lamphere, describing her styrofoam concrete wall construction method, including a specific mix formula and mixing directions.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday April 26th, 2012 11:46 AM
Categories: Energy, Home | 52 Comments
French design group Murmure made this set of concrete business cards. They're memorable, but I'm not sure I'd like to squeeze even one into my wallet. From a design perspective,...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Wednesday April 25th, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design | 4 Comments
The gear train on Arthur Gansen's sculpture is driven at 200 rpm, and after stepping down 12 times, turns at a rate of less than one revolution per two trillion...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday April 25th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Workshop, Art & Design | 24 Comments
"Geopolymers" have been called "super cements." They are commonly made in academic labs, but so far I haven't found a good DIY prep for hands-on learners. I've run down a...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Monday April 23rd, 2012 9:01 AM
Categories: Energy, Science | 14 Comments
A clever designer meets a clever material: See how Florian Schmid uses Concrete Canvas to sew soft forms that harden to durable furniture when water is applied.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday April 19th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Furniture, Home | 4 Comments
The thing about speakers, of course, is that there's not really any good way, that I can think of, to convey their most important functional quality online: How do they...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday April 18th, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Furniture, Music | 8 Comments
Instructables superstar Ray Alderman guest-stars on Make: Projects with this quick, cool, easy method for casting a custom concrete candleholder using a cookie-cutter as a mold. Thanks so much, Ray!
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday April 17th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Craft, Workshop | No Comments
Using wood end pieces from other projects, A&Ré design mated the resulting slab to simple and clean looking legs made from fiber concrete. The legs were made in collaboration with...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Monday April 16th, 2012 11:00 AM
Categories: Furniture, Woodworking | No Comments
The origin of mechanical precision is a classic chicken-and-egg problem: If you need a precision machine tool to make a precision machine tool, where do precision machine tools come from,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Thursday April 12th, 2012 9:15 AM
Categories: Machining, Open Source Hardware | 11 Comments
Concrete expert Brandon Gore, whose work we recently featured, wrote this great pair of articles on mixing and applying glass-fiber reinforced concrete. This is hard-to-find information and Brandon presents it...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Wednesday April 11th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Education, Home | 4 Comments
Kami of Austin Tinkering School wrote in to share these cool concrete tables that her friend Elena Eidelberg created. She works in ceramics but has been experimenting a lot with...
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday April 9th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Furniture | 6 Comments
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