In FAB

DeWars Releases Mini-Documentary on their ‘3B Printing Project’

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Recently, SolidSmack reported on this new ad campaign from Scottish whiskey maker DeWars promoting their new Highlander Honey Whiskey recipe. Using 80,000 bees, sculptures were created by bees using pre-shaped templates for hive production. We noted that between the recent MIT Silk pavilion and some other recent projects, the use of natural fabricators in modern design projects has been on the upswing. While the live-stream of the actual production process is over, DeWars has recently released a video documenting the process of the 80,000-strong fabrication team…including interviews with the (brave) beekeeper and sculptor that made it possible.

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In DESIGN

Designing a Nikon Camera: Video Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Industrial Design at Nikon

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With all the recent talk surrounding Apple’s iOS 7 redesign and the push for creating better harmony between software and hardware design, it’s easy to overlook an industry that has been tackling this design problem for years: the digital camera industry. Nikon’s design department recently released a video that takes us behind the scenes of how they merge graphic design, industrial design, and software design into a seamless experience that we know of as the Nikon brand.

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In RADIO

SolidSmack Radio | Forever Cool (Vintage Edition)

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This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days. This week we’re stepping out of the summer heat and pulling out some of our favorite classics to help keep the cool-factor in check. We’ll start with a classic from Nina Simone and move some favorites including those from Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole to Dean Martin.

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In COOL TOOLS

Cool Tools of Doom n' Stuff: Episode 27

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We’re in the thick of summer folks—so instead of swimming in a pool of your own sweat, park yourself in front of the closest AC unit with your beverage of choice and enjoy an all new episode of Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff! By the way, we love our SolidSmack readers! Have something cool you’ve come across and want to share it on SolidSmack? Don’t hide it in your neck skin! Send it on in to smoth@www.solidsmack.com. Kick it!

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In DESIGN

9 Home Gadgets to Inspire the Tech-Eclectic Designer in You

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We’ve come a long way from the bulky, steam-spewing technologies of yesteryear. Today’s gadgets are sleek, sexy testaments of where we’ve come from and where gadget design for the home is headed. Some operate invisibly, working from behind the scenes to make your life easier, while others catch the eye like a camera flash. What better place to enjoy the ease and aesthetic of the digital age than in the comforts of your own home? With that, here are nine elegant and enjoyable home gadgets to inspire or buy for the tech-eclectic designer.

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