Month: December 2016

Fold Up a Playhouse

Artist/designer Huy Voun Lee is very clever. Origami Playhouse is more than a book, it is a fold out structure with instructions and supplies with which to make origami furniture. It is cleverly constructed for unfolding to play with and then refolding to store. And it is challenging (but not Too Much) so that a child (perhaps […]

He Drew Upside Down

Paul R. Williams was a remarkable architect because he designed so many different types of buildings well, because he was a design innovator and a design thinker. Being a black man was (and continues to be) unusual in the field of architecture. Back in his day, it was almost unheard of. He was an excellent draftsman (someone […]

3D Printed Thingys Make Platonic Solids!

You see, there is a man who came up with some 3D printed connector thingys that work with dowels to build any of the five platonic solids. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9359/apps/#apps You can go to that website and download the instructions for 3D printing all of the connector thingys. And have a great time building the shapes as […]