Nomadic Furniture: Backpack of Parts Creates Portable Seat
A wooden seat that needs to wood, glue or screws, but focusing on traditional construction techniques, this design is about the craft-oriented journeyman and not a comfort-driven ...
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Urban Nest: New Round Amphitheater Section for High Line
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High-Tech Pixelstick: Light Painting in the Palm of Your Hand
A game-changing invention for the art of long-exposure illumination, Pixelstick takes light art to new levels, enabling beginner animators to participate and advanced artists to evolve their ...
