Archive for the ‘From the Editors’ Category
Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Music and ReadyMade News on
19 November 2009, with no comments so far.
A nondescript overcast day in Des Moines turned out to be something else entirely for our inaugural ReadyMade Concert Series. We took over the second floor lounge, set up an old project as a backdrop, and let Mason Jennings make it a much, much brighter day for everyone.
Mason Jennings playing Sunlight.
On tour in support of his latest effort Blood of Man, Mason Jennings and his band dropped by the RM offices to sing some ditties and color outside the lines. (Literally, they were a half hour late to sound check due to the impromptu art session during the interview—check out the video at the bottom of the post for the full story.) After playing three tracks from the album, he and his mates headed to our conference room to talk shop.
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Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Environment and From the Editors on
11 November 2009, with no comments so far.
RM’s intern, Claire, using her resources. When it’s 63 and sunny, who needs a fancy contraption like a light box?
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Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Holidays and ReadyMade News and Work on
2 November 2009, with no comments so far.
Amy (our deputy editor), Adam (our senior graphic designer), and I just returned from a festive fall party one floor above us: Better Homes and Gardens Falloween. Not only were there beverages and all kinds of treats, but also gourd bowling and pumpkin ring toss.
Amy threw first, and tossing that hula hoop was much harder than it seemed. She didn’t reach the free ticket pumpkin, but she did get some candy out of it…which is just as satisfying.
Adam definitely wins the “RM Gourd Bowler of the Year” award. We found that kicking the ball off the wall results in more pins down, but also increases the noise to an obnoxious level.
After all, we were in an office building.
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Posted by Katherine Sharpe to From the Editors on
28 October 2009, with 11 comments so far.
As we posted last week on Facebook and Twitter, we here at ReadyMade are getting ready to do a serious round of work on the design and architecture of our website.
We have a lot of ideas about what to change to make the site a better experience for you, but we don’t want to just take it from ourselves; we want to hear what you think. What do you like and not like about readymade.com? What could we be doing that we’re not? Where else do you go for information about projects and design, and what do you like about those sites?
Any and all of your thoughts will be appreciated, and quite likely, put to good use.
[Photo from Flickr]
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Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Craft and ReadyMade News on
28 October 2009, with no comments so far.
If you were wondering who made the adorable robot that Nilea P. Alexander had in her Brooklyn home (August/September 2009), look no further. Thanks to Janine, who was kind enough to email us, we now know it was Erika Kern of My Imaginary Boyfriend!
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Posted by Katherine Sharpe to Events and ReadyMade News on
5 October 2009, with no comments so far.
At 4pm Eastern time this Wednesday, October 7, I’m going to be appearing in the Etsy Virtual Labs for a Halloween installment of their “Shop Live” series, broadcast in real time from Etsy HQ in Brooklyn. I’ve been combing the Etsy website in search of the most evocative, inspiring, ghastly, wonderful items for DIY Halloween costumes and celebrations, and I’ll be sharing them with the first 150 comers at the interactive online meeting space.
Get all the info right here on Etsy’s blog, The Storque, and stop by and say Hi (or, you know, Boo or whatever) on Wednesday!
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Posted by Katherine Sharpe to ReadyMade News and Small Spaces on
1 October 2009, with no comments so far.
In the projects section of our October/November Small Spaces issue, we included bite-sized stories about the tiniest habitations you’ve ever hung your hats in. We solicited the stories over Facebook, Twitter, and at this blog. Here’s an expanded version of what RM readers had to say about livin’ small.
“I lived in a camper for about a year and a half while I traveled with the Big Apple Circus. If I stood up straight, my head touched the ceiling; my arm-span allowed me to touch both walls; the head-clearance while in bed was a mere five inches. I didn’t always have running water or electricity, but having people close by (~125 of them), really helps out in nearly ANY situation. Having to pack and unpack many, many times per year really reduces your need to acquire things, but also maximizes your creativity in such a cramped environment. Astroturf on the steps leading out made it “front-yardy” and plastic flowers that over-winter made it even more homey. I used the TINY toilet/bathroom as a storage for kites, rain-gear, etc., but otherwise mostly lived OUTSIDE rather than in!”—Ryan Gray, Cambridge, MA
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Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Events and NYC and ReadyMade News and Society Pages on
21 September 2009, with no comments so far.
Everyone loves them, everyone hates them, and everyone wants to be in them. Since we will most likely never make the pages of Vanity Fair, we have taken matters into our own hands. As part of our ongoing Society Pages, we present you with…An Evening at the Ace Hotel in New York City.
The ReadyMade crew was out in full force on Thursday night at the brand new Ace Hotel in New York City, taking over the lobby and bar area for two hours (or maybe a little more…), drinking PorkSlap and causing a general ruckus.
Notice the pigs high-fiving. It’s that good.
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Posted by Katherine Sharpe to MacGyver Challenge on
18 September 2009, with no comments so far.
In each issue of ReadyMade, the MacGyver Challenge asks readers to make something useful and well-designed out of some particular piece of modern effluvium. For Issue 42, we challenged readers to reuse the humble slide carousel: the slotted, blocky apparatus that families everywhere used to use to show pictures of their vacations to yawning neighbors.
California native Evan Bee walked off as the winner of our slide carousel challenge with his design for a grow-lamp in the round, but his wasn’t the only compelling entry we received.
Reader Diana Gray fashioned hers into a Japanese table lamp—and she shares instructions for the project, after the jump.
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Posted by Alexa Fornoff to Fashion + Style and Reader Projects and ReadyMade News and Uncategorized on
14 September 2009, with no comments so far.
Anna Rusk from Lawrence, Michigan, sent in some rad photos of her take on two of August/September’s (RE)FASHION projects. Riffing off of the button front mini and drawstring skirts, she made two adorable pieces to flirt around in during the remaining days of summer! Hooray Anna!
Anna writes:
Although almost every project in your magazine goes on my “to try
someday” list, the (RE)fashion section of the August/September issue
actually prompted me to get busy. I headed down to the Goodwill and
picked up two men’s shirts, which I turned into cute, casual skirts
per your instructions. They’re my new favorites in these last hot days
of summer!
Do you have photos of any projects that completed straight from, or inspired by, the pages of ReadyMade? Go ahead and send them our way, we would love to see ‘em!
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