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Fontastic

Want to create your own logo or spice up the header for your blog? Create a personalized font that suits the project perfectly with Fonstruct. The free font-building tool lets you construct custom fonts by…

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Kelley : DIY Projects, Tools, Design IQ
May 20th, 2008

All’s fair

New York’s annual design fairs are in full swing—both the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and the National Stationery Show are currently being held at the Jacob K. Javits Center on the west side of Manhattan, and well-worth the hike over to 11th Avenue…

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Amanda : Design IQ, Events
May 19th, 2008

LED by example

When I saw the winning entry in the most recent Craftster challenge—to create an original light fixture, either new revamped—my eyes lit up…

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Amanda : DIY Projects, Design IQ
May 15th, 2008

Way beyond books

As if free books, dvds, magazines, newspapers, Internet access, and peace and quiet weren’t enough, the San Francisco Public Library is offering yet another enticing reason for you to visit your local branch this summer: free craft classes…

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Derek : DIY Projects, Events
May 14th, 2008

Eat on this: Garnish a tabletop with leftovers

To fans of Ikea Hacker, the Swedish megaretailer’s furniture pieces are merely blank canvases for their design experiments. The blog catalogs all kinds of DIY mods you can make to the store’s overly basic particleboard staples, like using leftover wallpaper to…

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Amanda : DIY Projects, Raw Materials, Ideas We Wish We'd Thought Of, Reinventing X
May 13th, 2008

One week left: MacGyver Challenge, Curtains Edition

{Deadline: May 19, 2008}
by Anthony Discenza

Let’s be honest: No one pays attention to curtains unless they’re ugly—and they’re usually ugly…

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Jen : DIY Projects, Events
May 12th, 2008