It's what every baker needs. If only this were a cake decorating appliance for sale at Williams-Sonoma, instead of a one of a kind art machine showcased at this year's Vienna Design Week, created by mischer'traxler.
A group of New Zealand students have designed the ultimate green addition for eco-friendly living: a "clip-on" Plant Room.
Robots have a long-standing obsession with tandem bikes. The first song ever sung by a computer? "Daisy Bell." If you don't recognize the title, you might nevertheless recognize the song's famous refrain: "But you'd look sweet/Upon the seat/Of a bicyle built for two." That was 1961. Fast forward nearly forty years and robots aren't merely singing about bicycles built for two, they're riding them. Take Joules, for example:
In this video, we learn how to paint clay pots for gardening with Michelle Gervais. All you need is: acrylic paints, brushes, plastic paint, cup of water, paper towels, and clay pots. First, put a base coat on your pot before you place your design onto it. This is easiest done with a foam brush, and without using any water. This will dry quickly, but take a lot of paint to fully cover the entire pot. When the paint is dry, you can now start to paint on your design! You can put stripes, flower...
Julián Dorado is an illustrator and graphic designer, hailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been lauded for his character design project, which merges typefaces into font-inspired monsters, animals, and characters. Luckily, Julián has been kind enough to post a great tutorial on creating your own typeface character/creature on his behance page.
How is it possible that Iron Man is not yet a reality? DVICE reports that super-powered exoskeletons are indeed within our grasp (if not quite as flashy as Hollywood SFX just yet). Real life exoskeletons fall into the realm of not-too-distant futuristic warfare.
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Spring is coming around the corner, and what better to welcome it through the door than houseplants? Design Sponge posts a simple tutorial on plant propagation, the natural process of using plant cuttings to produce more plants. Surprisingly easy (and cheap).
Carly Waito's beautifully rendered oil paintings of minerals totally inspire me to pick up a brush and start painting.
Do you want to design a CD cover in QuarkXPress? In this video tutorial you will learn how to create custom document sizes, including how to set preferences for a CD cover design project. Make sure to hit "play tutorial" in the top left corner of the video to start the video. There is no sound, so you'll need to watch the pop-up directions. Create custom document sizes in QuarkXPress.
The last of the major Google apps has finally received a much needed update to Android's new Material Design aesthetic, and it's a big one—YouTube. While the update will hit the Play Store and your device soon enough, you can download the APK right now, courtesy of our friends at Android Police, from this link.
You don't have to be a professional artist to make sweet crafty gifts out of the humble Sharpie pen. On a budget, you can easily make personalized yet visually pleasing gifts for your favorite people out of Sharpies and a blank canvas in the form of ceramic mugs, T-shirt, tote bags, canvas shoes, ornament balls, lampshades, and more.
I came across a really cool article about armor that the Americans wanted to use in World War I. Since it was before kevlar and modern body armor but still needed to stop bullets, they designed it to be similar to medieval armor. It looks terribly uncomfortable and ineffective. Just look at this helmet design: The flaps could be opened when not in combat.
Origami Skunk The Skunk is a model by Nick Robinson. Due to the use of a sink fold I rate this model's level low intermediate. If you're new to origami, be prepared to encounter some difficulties.
Christmas decorations aren't cheap. From outdoor lighting to fir trees, decorating for the holidays can break the bank. That's where ingenuity comes into play, like hacking battery-operated Christmas lights, modifying lighting patterns and building Christmas tree ornaments from LEGOs. But there's even a simpler solution to cheaper Christmas decorations— origami.
See how to use Adobe Photoshop CS4 to make the eyes of your subject pop. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular graphic editing program or a seasoned design professional looking to better acquaint yourself with the new features and functions of this particular iteration of the application, you're sure to benefit from this free software tutorial. For more information, watch this designer's guide.
Interested in creating your own dynamic, web-based applications using Microsoft Visual C#? How about an RSS reader application? This lesson shows the design and planning of the RSS reader application. For more information, as well as tips for being a more effective user of Microsoft Visual C#, take a look at all five videos.
Move over Rubik's Cube, there's a new puzzle in town. The Petaminx. The beautifully designed and custom built Petaminx has almost 1,000 moving parts. Peta- actually means 1,000,000,000,000,000, although that number could refer to the endless number of solutions.
Finally, a well designed solution to studio-style living. The Contortionist bicycle. London-native Dominic Hargreaves, unhappy with the available options, designed this folding bike himself (true DIY spirit).
This tutorial is based on an advertisement that uses patterns and shapes to create a unique design effect. Corey recreates the effect using Adobe Illustrator.
All you LARPers out there, watch and see how you can make a blue boffer sword for LARPing. This weapon passes all weapons specs as of Ragnarok XXI War Council for Eryndor.
Check out this video to learn a clever technique for using redstone to build an obsidian farm. You'll have an unlimited supply of obsidian in your Minecraft world after you've set up this design. Watch the video for easy to follow Minecraft building instructions. Make an Obsidian farm using Redstone in Minecraft.
This is a delicious dish that manages to be both crispy and creamy at the same time. It's designed as an appetizer, but makes a great side dish as well. You will need some fresh asparagus, unsalted butter, eggs, panko crumbs, Parmesan cheese, parsley, flour, salt and fying oil. Make a simple appetizer out of butter poached asparagus and fried egg.
Inspired by the French artist who was the first to "hack" the new Facebook profile page, tons of creative copycat versions have begun to surface (scroll all the way down). But the sickest version by far is this video + image mashup/remix created by Stinson Design: Below, learn how to hack your own profile with images (you'll have to figure out the video part on your own):
Are you really into making your own greeting cards? Then you should definitely introduce quilling into your craft oeuvre. Quilling creates a rococo 3D effect that makes every design you adhere to a card more interesting.
Want to get started programming with C# but aren't sure where to begin? If you have prior background with Visual Basic, you might be interested in Microsoft Visual C#. This beginner’s guide is designed for people with little or no prior knowledge of computer languages, who want to learn to program by using the C# language. Write C# code with Microsoft Visual C# 2005.
This beginner’s guide is designed for people with little or no prior knowledge of computer languages, who want to learn to program by using the Visual Basic language. For information on taking those initial steps into learning the Visual Basic programming language, take a look. Write programs in Visual Basic.
Double espresso and steamed milk make for great, delicious designs. Allison Novak shows you how to make two classics: the rosetta and the heart. Don't worry, she shows you how to make the espresso too. Make a rosetta and a rose in latte art.
Here's a Photoshop technique for creating a magazine cover design that really draws attention to the title. Create a dramatic magazine cover title in Photoshop.
Here's a useful design technique: Scott Weichert demonstrates how to create a wood grain pattern using the Gradient tool and the Warp command. Create a wood grain pattern in Illustrator.
Tired of readjusting your settings everytime you start a project? In this video tutorial Dave Cross shows you how to make and save changes to the default settings of your design menus in Illustrator. Change your default settings for Illustrator.
In this video, Dave Cross gives some tips on how to use the blend tool to create some fun designs with objects along a shape path. Use the blend tool in Illustrator.
Watch Rosie O'Donnell's Crafty U web show to learn to create beautiful works of art using sand. Have fun experimenting with different colors and designs. This is a great craft project to do with your kids! Create sand art.
Being able to auto stretch tables is one of the features available for use in the layout mode of Dreamweaver. This tutorial will show you how to use this feature and give you some tips on good webpage design approaches. Auto stretch tables in Dreamweaver.
This video will show you how to build a full-featured router table that is portable, lightweight and easy to store. All it takes to put a compact, versatile router table in your shop is a half sheet of plywood, a small supply of solid-wood lumber, a handful of hardware, a router mounting plate, and one of the newly designed routers. Build a stow-and-go router table.
The Flowergod designs a fall centerpiece using a pumpkin as the container in this video. The arrangement consists of a pumpkin, stock, statice, button poms, Japanese lanterns, yellow rovers, seeded eucalyptus, and some garden greenery. Make a fall pumpkin arrangement.
The Flowergod designs a bridesmaid bouquet with hot pink roses, white tulips, white wax flower, and plumosa. He shows you a great trick to keep tulips from opening up. Light a candle and wax the outside and the inside of the tulip. Make a bridesmaid bouquet.
This tutorial is designed to get you started with compositing quickly in Toxik using the Reaction tool and Layout editor. This is great for anyone who wants to jump right in and start working in the software. Start compositing now in Toxik.
The Flowergod designs a fall centerpiece arrangement in a watering can. It contains cattails, Japanese lanterns, asters, alstromeria, seeded eucalyptus, and more. Make a fall watering can flower arrangement.
The Flowergod designs an exotic bride's bouquet for a wedding or luau. The bouquet includes orange Gerbera daisies, orange roses and spray roses, cymbidium orchids, and tropical foliages. Make an exotic bride's bouquet.
