Gizmodo: light box

Make a DIY Photography Light Box with K'Nex

Sarah Rae Trover — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Lightboxes aren't just for the professionals any longer. Using them to illuminate your Craigslist and eBay listings can help make a sale, and amateur photogs can get professional-looking shots with one. Create your own using K'nex and a little know how.

At first the idea of using our favorite childhood toy to make a light box may feel slightly silly, but the slim design of the pieces would be beneficial in keeping unwanted shadows or darkness out of your final photograph. Plus, it's a fabulous excuse to bust out the toy box again. Here's what you'll need:

Hit the full post on DIY weblog Spin Hand Spun for all the assembly details, including how to grommet your fabric to encase your structure.

Do you use a light box to give your photographs a professional touch (maybe a simple cardboard one perhaps)? Share your expertise in the comments.

Desk Lamp Rotates To Become a Light Box For Artists

Sean Fallon — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:00:00 EDT

If you dabble in art and design, you will immediately see the benefit of a lamp that can rotate and adjust positions to become a light box.

The appropriately titled "Sketch Lamp" is the brainchild of Ninna Kapadia and Hung-Ming Chen and, for the moment, it is still in the concept stage. Hopefully, that will change soon because light boxes are annoying, cumbersome beasts. [Ninna Kapadaia via DVICE]

Build Your Own LED Light Cube

Elaine Chow — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:30:00 EDT

Nothing brightens up a tech geek's room like an awesome LED cube, and Hack n' Mod has got a couple of do-it-yourself instructions for building your own glowy box thing. You can get started with a small, less ambitious 3x3x3 cube design, maybe step it up to a 4x4x4 design if you're more confident, and ultimately build your own 8x8x8 cube (like the one after the jump)! Of course, you could always just buy one from LED Cube manufacturers like Seekway, but where's the fun in that? [Hack n' Mod]

Homemade Light Box and Desk Combo Moves Us (and Itself)

AddyDugdale — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:35:00 EDT

Here's how to make a rather fab light box 'n' desk combo. Matt Nuzzaco even fitted the table with a Deskline from Linak, which lets him adjust the height depending on whether he's sitting or standing at his desk. Useful for anyone who works with traditional film and transparencies. Or anyone with a serious Disco Queen bent. [MAKE]

Your Personal Moon Shines in Dark Places

kthompson — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:20:19 EDT

Shooting for the moon is a bit easier when you have one of these wacky Russian personal moon light boxes. I can't even imagine what they're for, but the users so far have come up with some fascinating, classic and even cryptic uses for a portable crescent. Good luck getting any sleep next to this thing, though; it appears somebody accidentally set the brightness level to "sun." [English Russia]