By: Daniel Janoff

Homemade hooch backyard style: keep an eye on your little brother On the day that I found out, I think I was about 9 years old. Callie, my older sister by about 3 years, burst into my room, ripped the comic book out of my hands, grabbed me by the shirt, and exclaimed, “Dude with, like, grapes you can, like, make wine!” I think her scheme at the time had been to make wine with raisins instead of grapes, the logic being that this would somehow take a stage out of the fermentation process and therefore yield booze that much faster. more...

By: Natasha Quam

The flourishing script on the side of a boxcar, a lamppost, or a litter-strewn doorway has long been seen as an act of vandalism by some, a welcome glimpse of street art by others, an act of defiance and self-expression by the creators. Thanks to grafedia.net and its creator, John Geraci, "tagging" can now be something more.more...

By: Sister Diane

Podcasting is catching on and spreading like wildfire. But what the heck is it? more...

By: Mia

We think this project is so cool, we couldn’t pass it up. Inspired by the perseverance of nature reclaiming its space, Helen Nodding, of London, has come up with one cool way of using nature as art. more...

By: SuperNaturale

We know nothing about these except that they are made by a guy named Norm Gusscott who lives in New Zeland and his email no longer works. We think that he is either an industrial designer or an 87 year old morse code enthusiast by googling him. more...

By: Tsia

The Renegade Alternative Craft Fair in Brooklyn was hot in every sense of the word: it was 95 degrees and the fair was hopping. Put together twice a year in Chicago and Brooklyn, it represents many of the great new makers in the alt crafting scene. more...

By: Anna

Jean Loscalzo, 33, may not have x-ray vision, or be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but she is still a superhero of sorts. The company that she started in 2000, Supercreator, is in the business of making everything. more...

By: Scott

I often feel that when news reaches us it is very removed from what actually happened. Thomas Demand does too. more...

By: amanda

As you are planning your wedding, inevitably a well meaning friend will give you a book—or worse—a bridal magazine, and soon you will find yourself picking out wedding colors (you only get 2!) and a bouquet freeze-drying package complete with glass dome before you have even thought about what you want out of your wedding. Weddings come with lots of baggage. more...

By: Riva

A fairly recent lover of all things edible, I’ve spent the better part of my young adulthood trying out different foodstyles (the word I use to describe the way somebody eats). Messages about the “right” choices are all over the place, but in the name of DIY, I say, eat what tastes good to you and what makes sense to your life. more...