Here’s a neat video about a design firm in the ’60s, and what it looked like to build things before the days of 3d modeling and rapid prototyping. Designers drew out many different plans, then the favorites were cut out in a machine shop, cast, and a…

I liked a YouTube video: [Recorded: 1999]
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) occupies a special place in the history of computing in part for its technical accomplishments but also for being at the center of a landmark legal case. It was built by Iow…

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[ By Steph in Architecture & Design, Furniture & Interiors. ]

Looking like a prop from a Tim Burton film, the little structure lives up to its name: Beetle’s House. It stands on four slightly off-kilter legs pres…

Tomohiko Sato, a designer from Japan, has made an incredible design of a coat rack, called Rack Your Brain for Foundry. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)