Dollar Store Hacks!

Afternoon All!

Just saw this great link over on notcot, (which is fabulous and we demand that you agree with us.)

Michael Salter, a teacher at the university of Oregon, taught a class called "Dollar Store Hacks." And, like a clever and together human would, he started a blog and posted the wonderful creations that his students had (very cheaply) made.

Check 'em out:


Cheese grater lamp!


Raygundelabra!

"In an effort to investigate design and push creative methodologies we hacked existing dollar store items, designing, sketching and building a variety of personal and home goods. All our materials were acquired at the dollar store. Our goal was simple; design by hacking cheaply made plastic junk, and hopefully, manipulating some irony and employing some criticality in an otherwise humorless and often anonymous world of product."

Well-ruled placemat!

Dollar store hacks, so very now.

Here's the blog: Dollar Store Hacks

A special thanks and best of luck to Oregon Teacher Michael Salter for providing the good sense and inspirato, and for helping to pass on the intel that upcycling is a grand and noble thing.


"Professor, what's another name for pirate treasure?"

And further thanks to notcot, who we read every single day and love so dearly.