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Showing at the Frolique / Trunk Show in Richmond CA
MAKEBOOMBOXES exhibiting at the Friloque / Trunk Show with DJed music, Carnival and fashion/art shows… Event page here: https://mkbx.info/frolique
Showing at the Frolique / Trunk Show in Richmond CA
MAKEBOOMBOXES exhibiting at the Friloque / Trunk Show with DJed music, Carnival and fashion/art shows… Event page here: https://mkbx.info/frolique
Tech Talk by MAKEBOOMBOXES at Robot Block Party
Cool day exhibiting product, meeting great people and producing live video stream of tech talks (and giving a talk about DIY kit boomboxes too) at the Robot Block Party. Produced the live video stream of super interesting tech talks all afternoon Saturday at Circuit Launch and Silicon Valley Robotics #robotblockparty with 2000+ attendees in the house, epic house-cooked Brazilian BBQ and super smart innovators of all...
Tech Talk by MAKEBOOMBOXES at Robot Block Party
Cool day exhibiting product, meeting great people and producing live video stream of tech talks (and giving a talk about DIY kit boomboxes too) at the Robot Block Party. Produced the live video stream of super interesting tech talks all afternoon Saturday at Circuit Launch and Silicon Valley Robotics #robotblockparty with 2000+ attendees in the house, epic house-cooked Brazilian BBQ and super smart innovators of all...
Boomboxing in the Robotics Startups Community
This week in MAKEBOOMBOXES at Circuit Launch … we participated in the lightning pitch round (and also shot all the video) for "Explore the Future of AI in Robotics/Hardware," moderated by Jeff Frick. The panel discussion featured Katherine Scott of OpenRobotics (ROS), and Dominick Lee, Circuit launch Roboticist in Residence. Plus ... Brazilian BBQ! This was first of a series of events presented by the Hardware Collective: Circuit Launch, Studio 45 Port Labs, Hardware...
Boomboxing in the Robotics Startups Community
This week in MAKEBOOMBOXES at Circuit Launch … we participated in the lightning pitch round (and also shot all the video) for "Explore the Future of AI in Robotics/Hardware," moderated by Jeff Frick. The panel discussion featured Katherine Scott of OpenRobotics (ROS), and Dominick Lee, Circuit launch Roboticist in Residence. Plus ... Brazilian BBQ! This was first of a series of events presented by the Hardware Collective: Circuit Launch, Studio 45 Port Labs, Hardware...
Redesigned Reinforced Corners of the Boombox
There’s always room for improvement — and learning from drops and bumps. Introducing the redesigned reinforced corners on the DIY kit boombox: the MOJOFESTO by MAKEBOOMBOXES. It’s even more rugged and easier to assemble now. https://mkbx.info/diykit
Redesigned Reinforced Corners of the Boombox
There’s always room for improvement — and learning from drops and bumps. Introducing the redesigned reinforced corners on the DIY kit boombox: the MOJOFESTO by MAKEBOOMBOXES. It’s even more rugged and easier to assemble now. https://mkbx.info/diykit
Welcome Featured Artist in Art Face Gallery
Big thanks to Maureen Spranza @maureenspranza for joining the ranks of @makeboomboxes artists with a cool UV-reactive painted boombox Art Face. Maureen is an Alameda artist, musician, music educator, writer, super cool person and thinker -- met her through @studio-23-gallery, Jessica Warren @jessicawarren via the latest annual "blacklight art show." It's been fun getting to know Maureen and learn about her work (see her art...
Welcome Featured Artist in Art Face Gallery
Big thanks to Maureen Spranza @maureenspranza for joining the ranks of @makeboomboxes artists with a cool UV-reactive painted boombox Art Face. Maureen is an Alameda artist, musician, music educator, writer, super cool person and thinker -- met her through @studio-23-gallery, Jessica Warren @jessicawarren via the latest annual "blacklight art show." It's been fun getting to know Maureen and learn about her work (see her art...
Operation and Customization Guide PDF Available Now
Operate and Customize! Knowledge is power... and sometimes it's simply feeling permission to paint things or drill holes in them... or it's just knowing how to turn on the power... and what to do if it doesn't turn on, or sounds wrong... this is how we dial it in...The PDF printed Operation and Customization Guide for the @makeboomboxes Mojofesto model...
Operation and Customization Guide PDF Available Now
Operate and Customize! Knowledge is power... and sometimes it's simply feeling permission to paint things or drill holes in them... or it's just knowing how to turn on the power... and what to do if it doesn't turn on, or sounds wrong... this is how we dial it in...The PDF printed Operation and Customization Guide for the @makeboomboxes Mojofesto model...
Packaging the DIY Boombox Kit
Packing tape and box cutter: employees of the week for shipping the next three DIY kit boomboxes. I love the feeling of fulfillment — delivering the joy of learning how to make boomboxes… of learning by doing. It’s all inside the box… mkbx.info/diykit
Packaging the DIY Boombox Kit
Packing tape and box cutter: employees of the week for shipping the next three DIY kit boomboxes. I love the feeling of fulfillment — delivering the joy of learning how to make boomboxes… of learning by doing. It’s all inside the box… mkbx.info/diykit
Featured Delivery!
Shipped this MAKEBOOMBOXES beauty to a dear friend I know and admire since high school ... a rockstar gift to her hubby who is an amazing classical music composer. They chose the woods well: Cherry accents, Mahogany sides and back, Aromatic Cedar soundboard. It’s sounding so good and it’s in UPS’ hands now...
Featured Delivery!
Shipped this MAKEBOOMBOXES beauty to a dear friend I know and admire since high school ... a rockstar gift to her hubby who is an amazing classical music composer. They chose the woods well: Cherry accents, Mahogany sides and back, Aromatic Cedar soundboard. It’s sounding so good and it’s in UPS’ hands now...
Why Make Your Own Boombox?
Why make a boombox in a distressed World that looks like we might not make it? Why build something to last when things are more disposable and the future is less certain every day? Why strive for musical connection in our communities when rising ugly selfishness and distrust threaten to pull us apart? … Yes, that’s exactly why. #Yes. We...
Why Make Your Own Boombox?
Why make a boombox in a distressed World that looks like we might not make it? Why build something to last when things are more disposable and the future is less certain every day? Why strive for musical connection in our communities when rising ugly selfishness and distrust threaten to pull us apart? … Yes, that’s exactly why. #Yes. We...
Custom Wood Available For Box Borders!
More choice parts for custom boombox and DIY kits for gifting season! Excited to be offering eight species of hardwood borders as custom option when purchasing a box/kit, or as a replacement part: Mahogany, Fir, Padauk, Oak, Poplar, Cherry, Walnut, Maple.
Custom Wood Available For Box Borders!
More choice parts for custom boombox and DIY kits for gifting season! Excited to be offering eight species of hardwood borders as custom option when purchasing a box/kit, or as a replacement part: Mahogany, Fir, Padauk, Oak, Poplar, Cherry, Walnut, Maple.
DIY Kit Assembly Guide PDF Available Now
Here ya go! The DIY kit version of the MOJOFESTO has a swanky printable guide. The downloads prints best on letter-size paper -- use 2-sided to save paper. The following version is the simple print (non-booklet format). Check back soon for printable booklet format (letter-size, folded in half for stapled spine). Please comment below with any feedback on the assembly...
DIY Kit Assembly Guide PDF Available Now
Here ya go! The DIY kit version of the MOJOFESTO has a swanky printable guide. The downloads prints best on letter-size paper -- use 2-sided to save paper. The following version is the simple print (non-booklet format). Check back soon for printable booklet format (letter-size, folded in half for stapled spine). Please comment below with any feedback on the assembly...
BlackLight Art Faces Exhibit at Studio 23
Hats off to artists who experiment — loving the hand-painted Makeboomboxes Art Faces… The exhibit continues all month in Alameda as a featured part of the BlackLight Art Show at Studio 23 in Alameda CA. Thx Jessica Warren and Wesley E Warren!!
BlackLight Art Faces Exhibit at Studio 23
Hats off to artists who experiment — loving the hand-painted Makeboomboxes Art Faces… The exhibit continues all month in Alameda as a featured part of the BlackLight Art Show at Studio 23 in Alameda CA. Thx Jessica Warren and Wesley E Warren!!