Tag Archives: prototyping
17Apr/126 comments
Honey I Shrunk The Chip Bags
Posted by Ryan
For the past couple of weeks we have been scheming about ways to use common items of trash in new and surprising ways. I remembered back when I was in sixth grade, shrinking chip bags and turning them into key … Continue reading
Tagged as: accesories, chips, earrings, fun, heat, open make trash, plastic, prototyping, shrink dinks, trash
5Nov/111 comment
Prototyping cardboard pop-up cityscapes
Posted by Luigi
Yesterday we started prototyping (read: playing around with) the idea of combining two recent activities: making with cardboard and pop-up paper folding. The idea is to create large scale pop-up contraptions; cardboard seems like an obvious candidate, as it is … Continue reading
5May/113 comments
Woodworking: Mina’s table
Posted by Luigi
Watch the video above, then read below for an explanation of the context in which it was filmed. During last month’s Open MAKE we tried an activity for the first time: a free-form woodworking workshop. The idea was to not … Continue reading
29Sep/102 comments
Why do we do the things we do?
Posted by Luigi
When putting an activity on the floor for the first time, we usually, as a group, go through a series of steps to try and make the final experience as satisfying and deep as possible for the visitor. We do … Continue reading
