Light my way

Another groovy light!

Climbing Light $43 Dimensions - 5w x 3d x 7h “

Polished zinc wire
Translucent lamp holder
Chrome top 40 watt bulb recommended (candelabra-based)

A simple and striking wall lamp that loves to climb beside your bed to act as an effective reading light. The silver topped bulb creates a decorative down light.
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Steam punk technology

you’ll get steam punk after this:

via: petpeeving

Maker Fair fashion plates

In between looking at all the cool products at the Maker Fair at the San Mateo Fairgrounds last weekend, I was fascinated by what people were wearing.
The steam punks were out in force.

Some familiar faces

Not sure if this is still in style, but anything seems to go…

 

Eerie singing tree

From youtube: “Looking like the wreckage of an Alien space craft, this Futuristic Sculpture is Art Jim, but not as we know it. Commisioned by a forward thinking Burnley Council, The collection of tubes makes the strangest sounds when the wind blows, which is often round the location at Crown POint, on the moorland overlooking [...]

No egg frying in these babies

I really like this very appropriate sculpture made out of a surprising use of materials. This lovely hanging blossom like sculpture is made from dozens of cooking pans, at the Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio, Texas.

A tiny run

I love this idea! Read below about what Tiny Run is. My brain is spinning with design ideas right now. The current t-shirt design has a big ‘ole piece of bacon on it! You can even order it with glow in the dark fat!
Tiny Run is a bi-weekly, on-demand, interesting shirt product venue. For two [...]

Sit on your money

Well this is a new twist on that saying “sit on your money”. What better way to make use of that change sitting on your dresser which is losing value as we speak! Johnny Swing made this chair with 1,500 half dollars and 7,000 welds! See more of his couches and chairs made of money at http://www.johnnyswing.com/

Midas touch transforms recycled toys

 
Here is a novel way to take your kid’s neglected toys and make them into something functional. If you are thinking what I’m thinking, there is a lot of ways you can go with this kind of idea! But if you do not have time to do this yourself because you gotta run off to some meeting [...]

champagne cork contest

Design Within Reach hosted a contest on who could create the most innovative chair design using a champagne cork! Itwas a raucous success this year with over 500 entries coming in digitally from all over the world.
The winners:
Grand Prize: Miwa Kleyla’s Block B Chair
Staff Favorite: Matthew Glaysher’s Weekend Bender
Popular Vote: Akai Yang’s 2-Player

The top 50 [...]

spamwear

I love spam - the sort of meat kind, I mean - but that is another story. This entry is about the kind of junk mail one gets, especially if they go to the naughty sites. Well these smarty pants decided to bank on these annoying spam subject lines like: “RE: your instant access” [...]