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Kelly Phillips Badal
It’s a big deal when British paint company — and interior design darlings — Farrow & Ball launches new colors simply because it’s so rare. The brand is known for its tightly edited palette of 132 paint colors that rarely gets a new addition. However, in honor of the brand’s 70th anniversary year, F&B has released a whopping 9 of ‘em. Their colors names, as always, made us laugh and obsess over them all at once (Salon Drab, anyone?) We also enjoy that they’ve crafted a color as an ode to an item beloved by all DIYers: the humble Drop Cloth. Check out the gallery here for a look at the new shades and tips straight from the pros at Farrow & Ball for their use.Also on Yahoo Makers:Skip Semigloss Paint! 13 Shining Examples of Why Lacquer Can Be Better6 Colors and How They Affect the Way You LiveSee the 10 Paint Colors Set to Take Over 2016Let Yahoo Makers inspire you every day! Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Pinterest.
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Knitting dates back to the 11th century, but it’s blowing up in a whole new way in the 21st. In short, machines can knit as well as your grandma, and even go one better —now they’re tricked out with 3D modeling technology too. Basically, 3D knitting makes it possible to shape a textile to the exact frame of an object — a perfect fit with no need for sewing separate pieces of cloth together.You may have seen 3D knitting before, via Nike’s popular Flyknit sneaker collection or through OpenKnit, which Vice called “a 3D printer for clothes.” But digital knitting is weaving its way straight into the mainstream this year, since furniture behemoth IKEA is using the newfangled technology to create 3D knit furniture. Also on Yahoo Makers: The Coolest Things People Are Making on 3D PrintersYahoo Makers caught up with IKEA designer Sarah Fager to discuss IKEA’s plans for 3D flatbed knitting for the company’s PS 2017 collection. Fager designed what’s been dubbed “the see-through love seat” for the collection.“We have been thinking of using this knitting technique for some years, but since it’s something new for us, we needed a product that could be a test pilot,” Fager told Yahoo Makers. “Our PS collection is when we can test new things and dare be brave, so the PS lounge chair was the perfect product to test this technique.”IKEA’s 3D knitting machine can knit in any material needed, like linen, wool, cotton, or polyester, Fager added. The main costs (beyond the price of the machine itself) are just material and maintenance — so product pricing stays low, which is important for IKEA. “Other furniture dealers have a much higher price for the same technique,” Fager told us.The chairs are just the start too. “There is no limitation where and when to use this knitting technique, but we will only use it when the benefit of making things automatized is more than handcrafting them,” Fager told us. Which is cool, because we’d love to see knitting go way, way beyond hats and scarves. IKEA, can you knit us a table next? Or how ’bout a fridge?Check out Sarah Fager’s Instagram for a behind-the-scenes look at the latest in IKEA 3D knitting (and much more!), or check out the IKEA Today Instagram as well.Also on Yahoo Makers:9 Companies That Wouldn’t Exist Without IKEATo All You IKEA Hackers Out There — IKEA Wants to HelpTeeny 3D-Printed Churches for Hermit Crabs Are Incredibly BeautifulLet Yahoo Makers inspire you every day! Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Pinterest.
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For the past decade, doorways and walls have been all but passé as homeowners gleefully tear them out to embrace airy, open-plan spaces. But some architects are calling for a return to the very thing so many people have shunned: walls.Why? More people are demanding “fragmented” spaces because of the increasing number of adults working from home and the rise of individual-use technology — tablets, laptops, and mobile devices — and the desire for space to use those devices privately. In an article in Dezeen, Deborah Saunt of architecture firm DSDHA calls this type of floor plan “flexible-plan” living, while Mary Duggan of Duggan Morris Architects coined the term “broken-plan.” No matter what you call it, this means one thing: Walls are back in vogue for 2016.This doesn’t necessarily mean that large family rooms or open kitchens are going away. The major benefits of open-plan living — like having an open flow between the main living areas of the home (the living room, kitchen, and dining room) to gather and socialize — are still desirable. There just may be a walled-off office, library, or private den included in the floor plan now. What do you think? Will you embrace a somewhat-open, somewhat-broken floor plan? Will you call a contractor to put up a wall — or DIY your own partitions? Or is this just a return to a more traditional style of interior design with a new buzzword attached?Also on Yahoo Makers:The 3 Rules You Need to Know When Decorating an Open Kitchen10 Ways to Have a Giant TV Without Making the Room a Lame Man Cave16 Lovely Chandeliers Made From Gummy Bears, Hangers, and Other Everyday ObjectsLet Yahoo Makers inspire you every day! Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Pinterest.