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Preview of Observatory Beam
By Krypto
Complexity
Multi-part assembly
MAIN PURPOSE: Throw a turnable blade of light across the ceiling
A night light with an observatory roof. Set an LED puck on the round base and lower the drum over it: light escapes only through the slit in the roof, throwing one sharp blade of light up the wall and across the ceiling, and turning the drum on its base sweeps the blade round the room like a telescope dome turning to a new star.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Solar Pavilion
By Krypto
Complexity
Advanced
MAIN PURPOSE: House a solar stake light in a glowing pavilion
A garden pavilion for a cheap solar stake light. Drop the solar head into the roof: its panel sits on top in the sun, its LED shines down inside, and at night the four columns and low sill glow like a lit tea house on the border. The stake passes through the floor into the soil.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Memoria
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Display a photo and LED candle in remembrance
A small shrine for remembering someone. A photo slides into the slot behind the back rail, an LED candle stands on the floor in front, and the overhanging cornice and low sill frame them like a chapel niche, with a short line engraved on the sill.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Arbour Stake
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Train a climbing houseplant over an arch
A round-headed garden arch for a houseplant pot. Push the pointed legs into the compost until the flanges stop at the soil, then wind a hoya, jasmine or climbing pothos round the hoop: the little inward spurs hold the ties so the plant grows into an arbour instead of a tangle.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Barbican
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Guard a seedling from slugs with a water moat
A castle moat for one precious seedling. Set the ring on the soil round the plant and fill the outer channel with water: slugs and snails will not cross it, while the plant grows up through the open centre and the inner wall keeps soil out of the moat.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Belfry Call
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Ring for help from bed with a cord-pulled bell
A bedside bell tower for calling someone. A small brass bell hangs from a skewer through the belfry, and a cord tied to it runs out of the arch to the bed: one tug and it rings through the house. Pour a little gravel in through the arches so the tower stands firm.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Crinkle Crankle
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Hold books upright in the bays of a wavy wall
A book wall that stands up only because it waves. Like the serpentine garden walls of Suffolk, one thin skin of plastic gains its stiffness from its curves: books, notebooks and records stand in the bays on both faces, and the wall needs no buttress, base or bookend to stay up.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Tail Weight
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Hang a plant or headphones out from a bookshelf
A cantilever held up by your books. Slide the thin tail under the last few books on a shelf, and the arm reaches out past the shelf edge to hang a small trailing plant, headphones or a tote; the weight of the books on the tail balances the load on the arm, no screws or clamps.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Funicular Frame
By Krypto
Complexity
Medium
MAIN PURPOSE: Find arch and vault shapes with hanging chains
A table for finding arches the way Gaudi did. Print it, turn it over so the perforated deck is on top, hang lengths of ball chain between the holes and set a mirror underneath: every sagging chain is a perfect arch in tension, and the mirror shows it standing upright as a vault in compression.
AR view Open in app
Preview of Tunnel Cloche
By Krypto
Complexity
Simple
MAIN PURPOSE: Shelter a row of seedlings under a vault
A miniature polytunnel for seedlings on a windowsill or raised bed. The barrel vault is a single 3 mm shell that is stiff only because it is curved, the foot flanges stop it rocking, and the open ends let air through so seedlings stay warm without damping off.
AR view Open in app

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