With spring only days away after a record snowfall this February, I think cabin fever has set in for many children and adults. As a kid, building a place to play was a seasonal event – forts in the summer, chopped wood cabins in the fall and snow igloos in the winter. Now that warm weather is right around the corner, here are my top 10 cabins I’d rather be in (if I could fit) when spring has sprung.
Use this blade of grass page marker to keep tabs in your favorite read. At first glance, I thought this was a cleverly disguised planter, styled as a book.
This set of images shows an exercise in packaging by Sylvain Allard, teacher at UQAM School of Design.
Each one uses only a single piece of plain white paper, with no constraints of transportation or marketing of the 2D to 3D studies. I thought it was a clever approach to training students on limitations in the world of advertising; though many of the designs are not feasible, the students gained a knowledge of volume and practice at thinking fast on their feet.
Click on these images to see inventive second uses for each one of these everyday objects. Who would have ever thought?
Have your cake and eat it too! The contents are chocolate, the box is chocolate, everything is chocolate. This chocolate box is an edible way to creatively store your favorite chocolate treats, and it is way more delicious than any other box of chocolates out there.
With nearly 2 feet of newly fallen snow on the ground and more in the forecast for tomorrow, I thought this instructional time lapse video was pretty enticing. Using a kitchen knife, a storage tub, a snow shovel and a lot of repetition, this guy builds the ultimate backyard igloo.
This ring is a perfect marriage of function and style. Gear Ring goes for $165 and comes in limited sizes, and wow, is it ever cool! It boasts that it is designed as a highly durable piece of jewelry that is resistant to tarnishing, fading, scratching, and rusting, and backs it up with a lifetime warranty.
Sugru is described as a creator’s dream, a means to have things that you have already, but better. This room temperature-curing silicone putty has been used for mending pottery, modifying electronics and patching fabric.
Heat resistant, washable and tactile enough to mold to any form, this stuff sold out within 16 hours during its online debut. So, when it becomes available again, you’ll have to act fast if you want some for yourself!
Non-toxic water trick that produces transparent water marbles that will amaze you. Pretty cool science.
What a colorful, fast-action experiment! I imagine its even cooler to see it in person. Elephant toothpaste, of course, is not a dental product, but a chemical reaction using a few simple chemicals and food dye.
