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Toniture: Kit-of-Parts Construction Toy Set Lets Kids Design & Build Furniture

At the intersection of toys and furniture, TONITURE borrows from classic construction sets with a critical twist: the do-it-yourself objects kids design and build with these pieces are functional ...

Future Fonts: Tracing the Role of Typography in Science Fiction in Films

Whether intentionally retro, as in Stranger Things, or overtly futuristic, as in RoboCop, the role of typography in a movie goes well past the title, subtly but powerfully shaping the world ...

Modular DIY Dome Kit: Flexible Connectors Join Geodesic Wood Structures

Reducing complexity and difficulty for would-be geodesic dome builders, this series of connective 'Hubs' makes it possible for do-it-yourself types and even kids to collaborate on creating stable ...

Nesting Architecture: Folding Models of Eastern Bloc Buildings

This series of recycled cardboard models references both the functional styles of postwar Soviet architecture as well as the Russian tradition of handcrafted nesting dolls. In ...

Mattel ThingMaker: New Device Lets Kids 3D-Print Their Own Toys

Toy-maker Mattel has announced a 3D printer with a novel application: a way for children to make their own custom toys using a simple digital interface. The app, designed by Autodesk, is easy to ...

Travelbox: Pop-Up Furniture Set Fits in 1 Cubic-Meter Trunk

Combining elements of flat-pack furniture and traditional travel trunks, this pop-up furnishing kit for urban nomads comes complete with a bed, chair, table, storage space and even a bicycle for ...

Space Hacking: Modular Joints Connect IKEA & Everything Else

This kit-of-parts solution draws on the do-it-yourself ethos as well as the modular furniture movement, allowing savvy homeowners to combine off-the-shelf designs with custom connections and ...

Adult Erector Sets: Toymaker Now Sells DIY Furniture Part Kits

Combining elements of IKEA ingenuity and their own classic line of modular toys, Meccano (makers of Erector Sets) is now offering a new type of do-it-yourself furniture modeled on their own ...

Sim TV: Interactive 3D Models of Television Show Floor Plans

Be the show drama or comedy, the scenes set by designers for television programs tend to become as familiar as the characters being acted and the stories they tell - with these interactive models ...

Vandalized Villa Savoye: Imagining a Modernist Icon in Ruins

Le Corbusier's "machine for living in" is one of the most-studied works of Modern architecture, but what would it look like if it ceased to be preserved and was left to be ransacked and ...

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