If you haven’t been out to House of Yes yet, do it. This amazing venue hosts everything from performing arts events to aerial and circus arts classes to sewing workshops… What started as a vague dream to own a theater and a costume shop has quickly turned into a reality. And it was sped up [...]
Adrian Buckmaster creates hauntingly beautiful photographs. He’s managed to shy away from specializing – he handles portrait, fashion, architecture, and nature shot all with the same sensitivity, and he’s made quite a career of it. (And his talents don’t end in the visual realm, he also makes a mean chutney. We couldn’t ask for a [...]
From how humble and down-to-earth she is, you would never know that Grace’s site Design*Sponge currently has 43,000 daily readers. She’s a veritable force, managing a team of 10 editors at the same time as writing a book. But it certainly hasn’t gone to her head. Grace told us, “We’re all still sort of doing [...]
Fox News iMag came over to our headquarters and asked us some questions about our interior design – watch the video below.
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3rd Ward is a haven for artists, designers, and freelancers. They’ll give you a desk, a bike, internet, plus computer lab and photo studio and shop access. They’ll teach you how to weld or make websites or screenprint. Really anything they can think of to make their members happy. Jason told us, “We obsess over [...]
Many design firms are using 3D printing these days to create prototypes. But the guys behind MakerBot are taking 3D printing one step farther, and envisioning a future in which everyone shops for products online and then prints them out right at home. They’ve developed a pretty inexpensive 3D printer for bringing this technology to [...]
Tags: Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, Business, Creative, Design, Electronics, Interview, Manfacturing, New York, Rapid prototyping, Technology
Before starting Wintercheck Factory, Kristen Wentrcek worked on a construction site in Tribeca managing a spiffy real estate development project. She dug the architecture, design and humongous machines but could pass on the loan requisitions, punch lists and filing. So she quit her job and started her own company! We’re big fans of her work [...]
Switching it up… Remember when we interviewed Paul Loebach? He had the fun idea to interview us about our business for the site.
Design Glut on Design Glut… Super meta.
“I was contacted by Design Glut for an interview a few months ago, and I’ve been a dedicated fan of their products and weblog ever since. Upon [...]
Check out this fun project we just did with Switched. We were challenged to design and make a set of salt and pepper shakers, all in one day! How was it possible? We took care of the design end, and the shakers were made by awesome 3-D printing technology from MakerBot. We’re really excited how [...]
Tags: Brooklyn, Design, Design Glut, MakerBot, Manufacturing, New York, Products, Rapid prototyping, Video
Francois started UM (short for Users & Makers) with a mission – to celebrate the craftmanship behind great design. In Francois’ words: “In music, the musician plays the instrument. But in design, as soon as you start to touch a tool, you become instantly downgraded. You become a nobody. That’s always baffled me.”They are last, [...]
