I thought these were cool. I don’t remember where any of them came from… found them lurking on my hard drive and I figured I might as well put them on here.
Sorry for the lack of posts as of late. Had to post this up… American Hand is a series of documentaries, created by Jon Walley, detailing the thoughts and processes that go into making American-made products. This video shows how FBM makes their frames…
Here is the description from the Vimeo page:
Joby Springsteen is a welder, musician & friend from Binghamton NY. He works for FBM Bikes, enjoys long walks on the beach, making his own music gear and eating Freschott pizza. Joby is part of a company that has grounded itself in DIY and American made pride since its very birth, people like Joby and FBM make us proud to ride bikes.
Found these while browsing around. I’m kind of surprised that I’ve never seen any companies do this before. They are designed by F&Y which is based in Canada. They look really nice but I don’t know how much I would like riding with out any kind of shock absorbing material on the bars….
These are really awesome. The Stickbulb designed by Rux, is made from recycled scrap wood, some of which was salvaged from the coney island boardwalk, and led light strips creating a modern, sleek light source. Here is the product description from their site:
New York City based design firm RUX re-imagines the light bulb with its latest collection, the versatile, playful, and strikingly simple StickBulb. The design and manufacturing for the LED powered StickBulb is done in RUX’s New York City workshop using a wide variety of materials, from maple to sun-bleached Ipe salvaged from the Coney Island boardwalk.
So this is my first attempt at making a bowl on a wood lathe. I glued 5 scrap planks of black walnut together, which I had leftover from another project, to create the blank that was used to make the bowl. This photo shows the bowl with one coat of a tung oil.
Finally someone has designed a nice looking bike light that you can leave installed on you bike when you have to lock it up. This light is waterproof and features torx screws so it’s harder to steal. The project was posted on kickstarter and has gone into full production, you can check that out here if you’re interested in picking one up. They start at $95 and feature an automatic on/off mechanism that is triggered by darkness, so once its installed you don’t have to do much besides change the batteries.
Update: Thanks to a comment by thealexmac I now know that this table is actually not concrete but rather the legs are made of aluminum. Here is a link to the Hilla Shamia’s portfolio page which has more information on the table.
Came across this while browsing around. I really like the contrast between the wood and concrete aluminum and how the concrete aluminum creates veins within the wood plank. There was no info with the when I found it so if anyone knows who built it let me know in the comments.
The video was apparently meant to be online yet, so I removed the link to the video. The video looks awesome, you should buy it. Go to the Empire site and preoder it.
This I-beam side table is awesome. I think its really interesting to make objects out of different materials than they are normally made out of. Also I really like the joinery that is used on the bottom table. Check out more of Matthew Hilton’s work here.
I posted about these sunglasses a while ago but they are doing a limited edition pair made from white oak Bushmills Whiskey barrels.The barrels are close to 100 years old and they have been re-purposed to make these shades. It looks like all of them have already been sold though. Check the video for a process video of “The Bushmills” by Shwood to see how these handmade sunglasses are built. (more…)
Nice process video of a small side table. I really like the idea of charring the inside of the legs. The table was built by Kaspar Hamacher, check out his site for more furniture.
So here is a really different idea for a desk. The video above shows a desk that focuses on applied pressure and user interaction. Each drawer requires a different amount of pressure to close and forces the user to be aware of their own actions. If you apply to much pressure to a drawer, air is sent through a compartment in the desk which pushes another drawer open. Pretty cool idea and the craftsmanship on the desk is really nice as well.