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A cult publication that describes itself as a magazine for people who like to make stuff, who see the flicker of invention in everyday objects. This quirky, witty how-to volume, the magazines incarnation in book form, is full of inventive and clever design projects from water-bottle lounge chairs and ladder shelving to shopping bag rugs and denim dog beds guaranteed to thrill and inspire modern do-it-yourselfers of any age.
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I excitedly bought this book but after one flick through it, immediately after unwrapping, I felt that I had absorbed most of it's message. There are a couple of clever projects but ironically most of the activities are themselves "recycled". It's wonderfully produced with the cardboard cover and lots of stylish photos but for such a thick book there aren't enough projects.
I received this book as a present and thought the concept was brilliant - the book is really informative about how different materials are made but there aren't many projects in the book and I can only think of one which you could actually make yourself so ultimately it was a bit dissapointing.
I was given this book as a gift and I couldn't of been more thrilled.
The whole book i beautifully written and gives great factual information into where modern day materials come from.
Basically the theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects such as the take-away chandelier, post bag new-sew satchel and book cover photo frame.
This book is thoughtfully and ingeniously put together for the modern-day DIYer and is the perfect present for the people in our lives who always secretly wanted to be Blue Peter presenters.