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Lego Papercraft Crossover Possible With Clever Muji Hole-Puncher

Jack Loftus — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

The Muji hole-punch, with its strategically placed punchers, takes Lego blocks, combines them with paper and makes a whole mess of adorableness. Import from Japan for literally minutes of fun. [Muji via Highs Nobiety via MAKE via Boing Boing]

Funky Paper Shoes, Humping Paper Beasts, Or Both

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:20:00 +0000

To be honest, at first they looked like humping paper beasts and I thought: “Hmmm, nice.” Then I learnt they were paper shoes and I thought: “Hmmm, nice.”

Either way, these are funky and pretty. [Le Creative Sweatshop via Mocoloco]

Disturbingly Cool “Big Head” Papercraft Halloween Costume

Danny Allen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:20:00 +0000

Inspired by the big head mode in retro video games, Eric Testroete created this trippy papercraft self portrait for Halloween last weekend. The geometric look uses 370 individual paper triangles, and here’s how he did it…

The first step was to model his face in 3D Studio Max. After overlaying a wireframe, he added textures in Mudbox 2010 and Photoshop CS3, before using software called Pepakura to break the model up into printable sections. The effect is pretty impressive, and thankfully, he’s posted a full run-down on the process:
[Eric Testroete via Adam Savage and BoingBoing]

Laser-Cut, RFID Paper Radios Tell Your Speakers What To Play

Dan Nosowitz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:40:00 +0000

Designer Matt Brown created these sweet-looking laser-cut paper radios with a twist: They’re equipped with RFID chips that can interact with a speaker to broadcast messages or change the radio to a pre-decided station.

Basically, you can program certain controls or sounds into the paper radio. Say you’re an artist who wants to bring attention to a local radio station — you program that into the RFID chip, and then when the paper radio is draped on any speaker equipped with an RFID reader, it’ll change the station to the one you picked. Or you can have it broadcast short messages; Matt suggests a particular environmentalist star of 30 Rock might program in warnings to turn off your lights when not in use. It’s a very particular usage, but the radios themselves look so cool that we don’t really care if they’re 100% practical. [MocoLoco]

Indie Band Strapped For Cash, Uses DIY Cardboard Instruments

Rosa Golijan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:20:00 +0000

I don’t know who that Brittany Lane is, nor have I heard of Meeting of Important People before. What got my attention is that everything in this music video, from the scenery to the instruments, is made out of cardboard.

They may be a barely known band (anyone actually heard of them before?) and not really seem to care about grammar, but Meeting of Important People made a music video that’s practically a tribute to DIY papercraft. It’s quite a leap from just using a cardboard iPhone case. [YouTube via Meeting of Important People]

Billy Mays In Cubic Paper Form Still Looks Enthusiastic

Dan Nosowitz — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:00:00 +0000

DeviantArt user Liz Lukens posted this papercraft cubic Billy Mays template so you can fold him up and bring him everywhere. Highly visible arm hair is thoughtfully included. [DeviantArt]

Papercraft Castle Is More Gorgeous, Intricate Than Most Real Castles

Dan Nosowitz — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:20:00 +0000

This unbelievable papercraft project, by Japanese art student Wataru Itou, took over 4 years to create and features lights and a moving train. It’s probably the most stunning papercraft sculpture we’ve ever seen.

The sculpture is called, in English, “A Castle on the Sea,” and is currently exhibited at Uminohotaru, which we assume is some kind of gallery right on the ocean. The entire project, excluding the lights and possibly a few mechanical elements of the train, is made of painstakingly cut and folded paper. Check out a few of these shots, if you don’t mind your socks being rocked clear off your feet and across the room. [Tokyo Bling]

How To: Origami Millennium Falcon

Brian Lam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:00:55 +0000

Wired’s January issue contains this origami Millennium Falcon tutorial. Even better, the creator, Philip Schulz, has a website full of origami directions almost every ship in the imperial and rebel fleet. [HappyMagPie via Wired]

Space Origami Kit (Pew, Pew, Blast Off, Etc)

Mark Wilson — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:15:00 +0000

Paper cranes are alright, but they won’t match our bedsheets.

The $US10 Space Origami Kit features 120 pieces of square paper along with a 32-page instruction manual that will teach you how to build exciting space stuff like rockets, astronauts, lunar modules and super novas—all while disguising your childhood fantasies into an age-old, respectable art form. [The Spoon Sisters via bbGadgets]

Planetary Gear Business Cards Will Get You Hired For Any Job

Sean Fallon — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:45:00 +0000

In an ocean of business cards, standing out from the crowd is extremely important. This planetary gear version will definitely get noticed—making you appear more creative and hardworking than you probably are.

Granted, making one of these cards using the basic instructions provided by Thingverse is going to be a bit tricky, so don’t go handing these out to just anyone. Make em’ count. [Thingverse via Hacked Gadgets]