Remake It is a book on a subject dear to us at Gadget Lab: hacking. Not the computer kind, though, but the make-do-and-mend kind we do every day. The book, written by design-geek and Wallpaper editor Henrietta Thompson, gives illustrated, step-by-step instructions on turning old CD spindles into bagel-holders, old Macs into aquariums and garden hoses into, well, you’ll find out.
If some of those sound familiar, that’s because they are. Henrietta is an old friend and hit me up for some suggestions. Apparently there’s a project to do with old inner-tubes in there, my signature material. Even the book itself can be transformed into something else. Henrietta says that “You could buy it. We hope you will like it. But even if you don’t you can always repurpose it as a trivet.”
I’m looking forward to seeing it when it comes out in November, and it’s nice to see this kind of home-style hacking going mainstream with some decent design instead of the usual blurry photos. The most ironic thing is that this new repurposing craze is exactly the kind of thing your grandparents would have done when they were young, every single day. $20.
Product page [Amazon. Thanks, Henrietta!]
Product page UK [Amazon]
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