Summer Gig Posters

I got tapped to do some of the poster work for our series of music at Duke Gardens this Summer and I'm having a blast cranking these puppies out. Here are my three favorites so far.

The Facade Printer

Yep. It's awesome! But the fact that nowhere in their literature does it say that this thing is basically a very elegant, computer-controlled paintball gun, leads me to believe that the designers may be drinking too much of their own Kool-Aid. Neat, though. This from the site:

"'facade printer' is a software controlled inkjet printer that creates images on an architectural scale. developed by german product designers martin fussenegger, michael haas and engineer julian adenauer. the system 'prints' images by shooting individual dots from a distanced position varying
from 5 meters to 20 feet. 'facade printer' features a two axis turn table and
an air pressure printhead."

via Design Boom

Beautiful Faux Pool

This faux pool is one of three permanent installations at the Museum of Art of Kanazawa in Japan. Artist, Leandro Erlich put two clear acrylic glasses about a foot apart and filled the space in between with water. The top surface is also filled with about 4 to 5 inches of water so that it looks like a realistic pool. Sweet! Where do I order one?

via crooked brains

The Dream Ball

If you've ever seen pictures of a poverty stricken country, you've probably seen a shot of kids playing soccer with an improvised, homemade ball of some sort. You've probably also seen pictures of aid boxes being distributed to the people of these countries. Well, Unplug Design has now put two and two together and designed a set of instructions for different sized balls that can be made out of the aid boxes when they have been emptied. Smart! At once, a nice reuse project and a much needed diversion for kids that live in unbelievable poverty.

via Upon a Fold

Epic Thriller

Check out this incredible phenakistiscope (old optical toy) by artist, Kelly Coats. Pop over to her site to see it spin.

Reverse Engineered Homes of the Stars

Dig it! Artist, Mark Bennett has been busy reverse engineering homes that only appear on TV shows. Featured above is the home of one, Fred Flintstone. Click over to Core77 to check out Mark's plan's for the Jetson's house and the apartment of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Love this!

Stained Glass Test Pattern

I'm not a huge fan of stained glass. I've got nothing against it, really. I totally respect the craft. I just don't seek it out. But, this morning I finally found a piece that I would gladly own. So simple. So me.

Pop on over to Web Urbanist to see a whole gallery of geeky stained glass masterpieces including Star Wars, Mr. T, and, of course, Mario.

Scott Campbell Solo Show

Exciting news! Tattoo and visual artist, Scott Campbell is about to open his first solo show in New York. I've featured Scott's work here on DudeCraft before, but would love to check it out in person. If you're in New York, you should check out the show. And, hey, drop me a line and tell me how it is. Details as follows:

SCOTT CAMPBELL
If You Don’t Belong, Don’t Be Long
April 29 – May 30, 2010
109 Crosby Street (between Prince and Houston)
New York / NY / 10012

via Culture Shoq

The Written Word

Since December, when I launched another blog called Make and Meaning with some friends of mine, I've not been writing any essay-type content for DudeCraft and confining myself to my little internet finds. Lately, I've been thinking I'd like to write some more pieces for DudeCraft, but I wanted to get your take first. I'd appreciate some answers in the comments, if you can spare a minute. Here's what I'm wondering:

1. How many of you read both DudeCraft and Make and Meaning?

2. Are you even interested in reading some more lengthy written pieces, or are you happy with the DudeCraft format as-is?

Any input is greatly appreciated!

Here's a link to all my pieces on Make and Meaning, in case you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Ephemicropolis - The Staple City

Wow! Totally digging on artist, Peter Root's latest piece made out of over 100,000 staples. You can read the full story and see the making of video here. It's hard for me to fathom having this much patience. Amazing work!

New Work from Brian Andrews

Swimming through the DudeCraft Flickr pool this morning, I noticed that wood man extraordinaire, Brian Andrews put up some new photos of his most recent carvings. I'm loving this new direction. Beautiful stuff.

Maker Faire NC Report

Wow! We had an amazing day on Sunday. Not only were there tons of cool exhibitors, but the crowds were also huge (over 2100 people)! Thanks to Jon and the whole Maker Faire crew who made it an absolute pleasure to be a part of this event and big thanks to all the folks who stopped by to say hi. It was really nice to put faces to names and shake your hands. Can't wait for next year!

 The DudeCraft Booth

I cut this while manning the booth.

Everybody had a go with the Disco Bike Helmet!

Papercuts - The Work of Lorraine Nam

Got a really nice email from soon-to-be graduated RISD illustration student, Lorraine Nam, chock full of photos of her latest paper cuts. Gorgeous, no? You can check out Lorraine's whole portfolio here, and keep up with her blog over here. Thanks for sharing, Lorraine!

Devotion

Three years and ten-thousand flowers later, artist James Roper has put together this installation called "Devotion". Apt title, no? Read the whole story and see more pics over at World Famous Design Junkies.

Pencil v. Camera

Big thanks to Ann for turning me on to Ben Heine's Pencil v. Camera photo set over on Flickr. Simple concept, fun execution. You can check them all out here.

Oh, and don't forget...Maker Faire NC is tomorrow. Come out and see me! I'll be hanging out, wearing the disco bike helmet, teaching people how to do some stenciling and whatnot. All the info you need is here.

Lauren Pascarella's Buildings

Diggity-digging on artist, Lauren Pascarella's paper constructions based on architectural photography. The slightly distorted planes and unexpected angles here are making me want one of these pieces, badly.

via Design Boom

Farewell, Savannah!

Thanks to all the readers who gave me tips about where to visit this week! We had a great time visiting all the attractions and restaurants and, honestly, couldn't have done it without you. So, thanks! Now it's back to Durham to get ready for Maker Faire NC. See you there on Sunday, I hope.

Midget Weaving - The Rise of the Cloth Car

What do you do with a 1960 MG Midget you've got lying around? Well, obviously, you can't drive it and if you're Ann Conte and Jeanne Wiley, you weave an incredible cover for it and make it an art car!

full story over at Inhabitat

On The Road - Savannah Day 3

More downtown action today, including the Jepson Center, where the stand out attraction was a retrospective of the reclusive collage artist, Aldwyth. She's seventy-two and lives in a one room tree house on Hilton Head island. How cool is that? Also, she happened to be there so we got a chance to talk to her a little bit. Fascinating lady.

I was also really digging on a set of two paintings by Georgia artist, Corinne Colarusso. Radiant Night is pictured below. Big, big canvas. Really impressive. I love the feeling of her stuff.

After the museum, we headed over to the Owens-Thomas house and and we're shown around by a really great tour guide named Marty, and although Regency stuff isn't really my bag, the house was impressive and Sharon loved it because she's all about the Jane Austen vibe.

Today, it's off to see gators!

Paperwork - Yoshinobu Miyamoto

Check out these ridiculously beautiful paper models by Yoshinobu Miyamoto, who is an architect and teacher of architecture at the Aichi Institute of Technology (AIT) in Japan. Now that is some amazing paper engineering, no?

via Upon a Fold

On The Road - Savannah Day Two

After all the great suggestions you guys gave me on Twitter yesterday, we hatched a plan and went downtown. First stop was the Telfair museum which was great, although not really my style. They do have, however, the famous "Bird Girl" bronze from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was cool to see. After that, we scarfed a huge lunch at the Crystal Beer Parlor which was noisy and fun and delicious, then we were off to the SCAD store which was awesome and expensive. Today were going to the Jepson Center for the Arts to look at some more contemporary offerings and then it's off to Tybee island to try and spy some dolphins.

As usual, my pictures are all of small details that I noticed while walking around. I'll try to shoot some panoramas today to give you a better idea of the city. Side note: Spanish moss is awesome!