The design and fabrication of artificial ice-climbing structures is an incredibly creative yet widely overlooked form of experimental architecture. The resulting constructions are often astonishing: ice-covered loops, ledges, branches, and towers reminiscent of the playful 1960s experiments of Archigram , yet serving as some of the most spatially interesting athletic venues in all of today’s professional sports. Read more…
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Ice-Climbing Structures Are Mind-Blowing Experimental Architecture
We live in a magical age filled with robot maids, flying cars ( sorta ), and mechanical guard dogs . And now, finally , that list includes color-changing home furnishings, like this fiber optic throw pillow. This is the 21st Century for crying out loud. Read more… 
We were pretty impressed with Amanda Ghassaei’s 3D-printed records , but apparently the Tech Editor at Instructables isn’t content to blow our minds with her digital fabrication prowess just once. As of this weekend, she’s back with a veritable encore: a Laser Cut Record . Although all the documentation for that project is available here, and the 3D models can be printed through an online fabrication service, I felt like the barrier to entry was still way too high. With this project I wanted to try to extend the idea of digitally fabricated records to use relatively common and affordable machines and materials so that (hopefully) more people can participate and actually find some value in all this documentation I’ve been writing. As with the 3D-printed vinyl, the laser cut record is hardly high-fidelity… but that’s not the point. The point is, it’s really f’in cool. (more…) 
