Weekly Reminder: Clean Up, Carry Onto Summer
While we're passing by Spring in a heartbeat, it is never too early to clear our minds (and our daily work areas) for Summer 2008. Wherever you are, we believe this coming season should be one to capt...
Posts tagged “inspiration”
DIY: Multimedia Desk, Built From “Scratch”
Now I know what you are thinking: How can I build a desk for my home office if I ain’t got no tools? The answer: “IKEA table legs, and don't use double negatives”. You don’t have to build ...
Nostromo's Study In Symmetry
There are three things that we particularly like about Nostromo's desktop: 1) it's super clean, unlike our own desk at the moment, 2) all his peripherals and decor match (the lamp, speakers and mouse ...
DIY Project: Use Contact Paper to Fake Multiple Wood Texture
Not all media centers start off looking rad. Sometimes you need to get creative with that MDF unit and make it look a little less like college dorm furniture. Using contact paper can be a great way to...
Look! Reclaimed Wood Media Center
It's official. We're in love. Please welcome our soul mate, the Fractured Fairy Tale. Made by designer Thomas Wold, the piece is a wall unit made for his client in order to house their A/V equipment...
Axelsson Dragon Speakers; Music With Fire
Unfortunately, they dont actually breathe fire but perhaps we will cover how to do that in a future DIY... if we get enough polite requests. They do, however, breathe beautiful music thanks to their ...
Turning the Mac mini into a Windows Vista Media Center system
Hats off to Krunker for this encyclopedic post about how to convert a Mac mini into a Windows Vista operated media center, combining the options of a Windows based machine with the form factor of an A...
The Offices of Gawker and Google Zurich
We were fairly impressed with the tasteful, if not a little sedate, new digs of the Gawker team shown above. All that leather and metal says "we're serious, seriously!" But to be honest, I'd much rath...
The Hello Kitty Epson Endeavor NJ2100
Our prayers have been answered....
Flickr Finds: Zen Media Center
If you've ever gone to a spa you've probably noticed that pebbles and rocks play a large part in the décor. There's something relaxing about carefully arranged rock gardens, so it makes sense that yo...
How To: Turn a Stereo Speaker Into a Cabinet
Got a couple old, non-working floor speakers on hand and want to create more storage (or a secret cubbyhole)? Father Rhyme of the site, Good Rubbish, converted a pair of Technics SB-2560 speakers purc...
"OR" Sun Canopy; Photoreactive Installation
If you are looking for a simple, unobtrusive installation piece for your living room to help subdue some unattractive modern architecture, then turn away in fear! This is not for you. This beautiful...
Look! The Offices of Digg
I have to admit an addiction called Digg. It's the second site I wake up to and the second to last site I look at before putting the computer to sleep (of course, AT is first and last). Digg is like m...
Dean Kamen's Water Regenerator; Makes Water out of Wine
We like to pay homage to Earth Day as much as we can (stretching it on to the next day and beyond) and so we give the stage to the inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen. He has come up with a device tha...
Look! Magazines As Monitor Stands
Chris Gray of UK design firm LOVE, shows us both his sense of humour (love the "hero" and "sidekick" desktops) and also a sense of pragmatism with his appropriately chosen Creative magazine stack moni...
Look! Tiny Tech Filled Smallest Coolest Entry
Maxwell just posted an international entry in our ongoing Smallest Coolest Apartment Contest that is brimming with integrated tech goodness, all fitting inside a mindboggling 101 sq. ft. flat. The Lon...
1952 Philco TV Console Cabinet Converted Into Home Theater PC System
"q240z" says he doesn't care for "the newfangled plastic cabinets" modern electronics come in (for the most part, we have to agree). So he took a 1952 Philco TV console cabinet he purchased for $40 fr...
Kitchen Power Grommet PCS34; Not Just for the Kitchen
The Kitchen Power Grommet PCS34 from mockett.com is a little trick that we love not just for the kitchen, but also for the home office. Sure, it is designed to avoid spills, but it also hides away a...
Beautiful Apple iMac Desk Setups
We've noticed many of our friends who own iMacs tend to be of the highly organized and clean sort that arrange their desktops to match the minimalist monolith (well, not always). There's something abo...
Reverse Engineer: Monitors All Felt Up
Welcome to Reverse Engineer, where we look at projects people have done and figure out how to recreate them, and in some instances, improve upon them. Ever since I saw the above laptop sleeves two yea...
DIY: How to Cut Glass Bottles for Use in Other Projects
This is a green idea everyone should try. We always keep pretty bottles with the hope that they could someday become lamps or glasses or some such but we never knew how that would actually be done. ...
DIY: How to Make VERY Simple Speakers, Part 2
Last week we talked about getting your drivers, plans and wood together. This week we are going to actually build. These are comparatively easy to build in the world of speakers and if you follow th...
Using An IKEA Kitchen Table As A Desk
In the age of glass, particle board, and laminate desks, we sometimes forget the beauty of real wood. We've covered how to warm up an office before, but this time we're taking a look at IKEA's NORDEN ...
Lightway; Lights the Way, Powered by the Sun's Ray(s)
The Lightway is a new concept from an Australian Industrial Design student named Damien Savio. It converts the suns rays during the day into light at night....
Inspiration: Geeky Computer Stations
We found a collection of geeked out computer stations on the web. While the number of screens employed is impressive, we couldn't help thinking they needed a bit of design help. Do you have a geeke...
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