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There always seems to be “how-to” pages popping up, especially now with Make: magazine<\/a> galvanizing the do-it\/make-it\/invent-it-yourself crowd. One recent website that I caught over on Boing Boing has probably gotten lots of exposure, but it’s worth pointing to here: a page on how to make analog watches (Link)<\/a>. I’ll look at that more closely when I have the time not to need a watch. It’s the second one, however, that really piqued my interest.<\/p>\n Last year some time I suggested to the guys at Core77 that there should be a “Toy Design” section of the design forum. They obliged and as I was involved in both its creation, forum moderation and convincing(?) fellow CIA alum Todd Herlitz (who runs a small ID studio<\/a> near Chicago) to moderate that forum area, I posted a few initial threads to get it started. One thread was simply titled “Vinyl Toys” (link)<\/a> and it recently received a nice necropost pointing to an indie toy maker’s DIY page (Link).<\/a><\/p>\n The above image is one of Figurepunk’s offerings and is the subject of that how-to. So if you want to read up on some really low-end mass production work, be sure to stop over and maybe even buy one of them – they’re pretty cheap compared to the stuff I usually see for sale. The only thing I wonder is whether there are options to use other, eco-friendly materials. Something to research… right before I no longer need a watch.<\/p>\n {Image Copyright \u00c2\u00a9 FiGUREPUNK 2004-06}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There always seems to be “how-to” pages popping up, especially now with Make: magazine galvanizing the do-it\/make-it\/invent-it-yourself crowd. One recent website that I caught over on Boing Boing has probably gotten lots of exposure, but it’s worth pointing to here: … Continue reading