Makedo: universal connectors that turn everything into tinkertoys

Makedo is a set of connectors (technically, a connector, a hinge and a construction tool) that allow you to piece together found objects of all description to make everything from art to functional items. Basically, it turns everything into a tinkertoy that you can attach to everything else -- How Katamari Damacy!

Wouldn't you love to make play objects, kid's costumes, furniture, decorations for the home and well, just about anything you can think of from the materials around you?

makedo makes it possible and impossibly fun.

makedo is a connector system that enables materials including cardboard, plastic and fabric to easily join together to form new objects or structures.

When you're done playing, simply pull it apart to reuse over and over again.

Makedo (via Wonderland)

• [SamSam]

  Very cool! I like these lots. Wonder if any engineers are using them for rapid prototyping. Pity it’s not available in North America yet…

  @cinemajay: McGroovy’s also looks cool, but what an odd business plan: charge people for the stuff that, if they gave away for free, would make people buy more of their product.

• [cinemajay]

  Very cool! There’s also Mr. McGroovy’s which has been around for a while:
  http://www.mrmcgroovys.com/

  He’s even got project plans you can download off the site for free!

• [cinemajay]

  My bad, the plans aren’t free, but they are only a coupla’ bucks.

• [redhead]

  Sure it’s available in North America! The marketing isn’t as cute, but go to any office supply store and buy a box of brass headed fasteners. some cardstock makes a great piano hinge, fold it up for “stops”. Get some cardboard and an exacto knife, and go to town.

  • [Anonymous]

    But you can’t build 12 ft cardboard gorillas with those metal things. this is much better!!!!