Isn’t the distinction between professional and amateur strange? It takes more than average skill to engineer a drag racer. Amateur involvement ensures the survival of informal knowledge and is an important force in open design. The unrestrained and playful attitude levels complex technicalities with ease, finding its ultimate expression in amateurissimo, making the most baroque of DIY culture. As work and private life become increasingly intertwined, amateurissimo will make for a highly innovative market power, with YouTube as the engine that drives it.
BANNED PARODY OF CCTV GALA BY BEIJING LOCALS, CHINA
Source: globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/05/china-shanzhai-spring-festival-blocked/
BANNED PARODY OF CCTV GALA BY BEIJING LOCALS, CHINA
Source: globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/05/china-shanzhai-spring-festival-blocked/
YOU, AS TONY STARK, AS IRON MAN > INTRODUCTION/ MARLEEN STIKKER
Jamo G ➝ www.instructables.com/id/you-as-tony-stark-as-iron-man-a-costume/
ELF EARS
Laminterious ➝ www.instructables.com/id/body-mod-elf-ears
CHOOSE YOUR OWN KNITTING GRANDMA
Meredith Swaine, ‘the knitting nanny’
CASE MODDING: YOUR PC BECOMES A CARTOON CHARACTER
Luis Ricardo ➝ www.flickr.com/Photos/lricardo75
CASE MODDING: YOUR PC BECOMES A TOY CAR
Luis Ricardo ➝ www.flickr.com/Photos/lricardo75
ROBOFANATICS: THE MOBILE BAR ROBOT
Jamiep ➝ www.instructables.com/id/build-a-mobile-bar-bar2d2
ROBOFANATICS: INDIVIDUALITYBOT
Artqney ➝ www.instructables.com/id/individuality-bot
PIMP MY WHEELS
Author unknown
PIMP MY GRILL
Espen klem→ www.flickr.com/people/eklem/