MetaFilter posts tagged with DIY and paper

Paper Pussy

armoured-ant — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:10:25 -0800

Visit your friendly local zine archive!

ethel — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:07:59 -0800

Housing, preserving, and providing access to these small-scale, homemade rags that document some corner of [often do-it-yourself and punk rock] culture, zine archives can be found via independently operated centers in Georgia (physical library in construction), New Orleans (myspace link, www address out-of-commission), Florida, Minneapolis, Denver, Cambridge, Olympia, Chicago, Seattle and... University libraries' collections in New Orleans, Wisconsin, Chicago, NYC, San Diego, San Diego again, Durham; Public libraries in Maryland, Oregon, San Francisco, Tennessee. also on line*. You can submit work (pdf) to some of these, and there's even a book about building a zine collection in your repository! *via Prelinger Library (also collects zines) Blog, and previously.

Make your own cool, colorific card holders

taz — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:21:48 -0800

DIY business card holders from paint chips from industrial designer Aaron Tang at designverb, step by step.

Paper TGV

Mitheral — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:17:52 -0800

Paper models of the TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) free for download. Complete with a finished model gallery.

$15,000 vs. $12.99 for a 12-pack of 2-ply.

2or3whiskeysodas — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:13:54 -0800

The 2006 Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest Winner Is...

Creating an organizational system

ColdChef — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:14:24 -0800

How do you make a “trusted system”? A planning and organisational system which can be relied upon to contain your events, tasks, projects and thoughts?... One of the biggest obstacles for many people is how to create a system that is always there, at the ready, and worthy of your trust.

Craft Templates

jonah — Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:46:33 -0800

Templates that you can use to make custom cards, envelopes, and boxes , requires only minor paper folding skill to make one of a kind gift holders/presenters. I like the take out box and the trapezoid box for some reason.

semper — Thu, 22 Nov 2001 04:30:53 -0800

Download a Dinosaur - just print it out and get yourself some glue and scissors (careful with the scissors) and you got your very own dinosaur. Hours of fun!

donkeysuck — Fri, 11 May 2001 00:02:35 -0800

Lost or broken CD case? Ripped a disc and now it's just floating around on your desk? Freewheeling College students to the rescue! You give 'em the lowdown and you get a formatted paper CD case as a .pdf file. Input your own song titles or run an album search through their DB. They even archive mixes for you to share with others.