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On this episode of Vinyl Pulp we visit Woot Bear SF where they join forces with Boundless Brooklyn and Outre for the Art on Guard: Lifeguard Tower Art Show. This show featured over 40 different artists and their custom lifeguard towers. Vinyl Pulp also interviews the man behind Outre apparel brand.
NYC-based Boundless Brooklyn known for it’s cardboard DIY lifeguard towers, water towers and billboard sign kits has teamed up with SoCal apparel brand Outre for the Art on Guard exhibit. The event held at toy art shop/gallery Woot Bear in SF had over 40-plus artists customizing their own Lifeguard Towers.
Are you looking for that awesome nerd gift idea or something to build for that “man-cave?” Take a look at this DIY Atari joystick lamp. Sam aka Seamster built this classic video game joystick with fiberboard (MDF), the red button is on/off button and the lampshade is collage of Atari video games.
If you’re having one of those days in your cubicle where you just can’t think, type a report or just write a simple internal company email, will this desktop toy might do wonders for you. So, take that 15-minute break, and play with the Amazeballs Stepper.
Build your very own paperboard designer toy figure with Square Headz. Square Headz made its debut at the Big Wow! ComicFest 2014 showing off their simple and fun product. Just a warning – there is assembly required and you need a stick of glue.
Over the years the science fiction genre Steampunk has exploded into books, comics and Steampunk conventions taking place around the country and now Titan Books with Steampunk Oriental Laboratory has put out an incredible magazine-style book on Steampunk fashion and gizmos. Steampunk Style: The Complete Illustrated Guide for Contraptors, Gizmologists and Primocogglers Everywhere! has everything a Steampunk wannabe wants.
Building your own PC can be tough for non-geeks or non-technical people. Well, now kids all of ages can build their own DIY computer in about 20 minutes and learn programing and coding in a fun and easy way with Kano. The London agency MAP Project Office teamed up Kano founders Alex Klein and Yonatan Raz-Fridman to build these cheap computer kits.
Make your own beer at home with this Mr Beer Deluxe Home Microbrewery Kit. This kit will have everything you need to make beer – instruction book, keg, beer mix, yeast, and more. The beer will be ready in about 14 days and the keg can make twenty 12oz beers.
It’s summer and what kid doesn’t enjoy a good water fight? I love using Super Soakers at the lake and blasting everything in sight. But it does get a little messy and with kids, you need to bring lots of extra dry clothes. Here’s a new alternative, why not make your own DIY marshmallow shooter with your kids?
Time to shoot marshmallows and make Smores!
In my ultimate endeavor to make a film, I found myself problem solving the technical needs for filming car scenes before walking into them; the rig type, the construction, the weight load and solid support are only a few of the things I considered when wanting to get those fantastic car driving shots. So I did my research and came across a couple of car mount systems that I liked, but they were just way out of my price range and involved way too many accessorizing tools, so I decided to build my own bare essentials heavy duty car rig mount that was very versatile!
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