Man Made DIY

For the type of folks who buy matching camping gear or tandem bikes, introducing the Dualbrella. There's no longer a need to figure out who has to hold the umbrella, or where each of you should stand to get maximum coverage...

Unless, of course, there's three of you.

"Dualbrella is traditional umbrella which serves enough to cover two and can be held with one hand.  The best thing about Dualbrella does not require to jockey for position under the canopy. This measure of six feet (1.83m) wide and three feet (0.91m) deep. Despite its size, only one hand is necessary to hold it, so its oversized canopy can also cover one person taking an armful of packages.   … read more

ManMade readers loved this workout measuring t-shirt last week, so here's another twist on the sternum gauge shirt: a Beard Growth Chart.

At its most basic, its a beard ruler reversed to measure growth from your chin. At its most complex, just imagine the possibilities.

Nomskulls are exactly what they appear to be in the above photo...totally awesome. :)

"Knock ‘em dead with these four stylish silicone skulls. Nomskulls are ready to fill with your favorite grey batter and bake into perfect cupcake craniums. One bite and you’ll be head over heels, because there’s no doubt about it — this skull bone’s connected to the YUM bone! We’ve packed four silicone skull molds in each printed giftbox."… read more

It's amazing what a little line can do....

Design Toronto and GLP advertising created this promotional t-shirt for personal trainer Roland Semprie. It's a heathered-gray t-shirt with a gauge down the center - as one works out, the sweat works down the center in fifteen minute increments.

Totally inaccurate, and completely hilarious.   And pretty easy to DIY, I'd imagine… read more

In the town where I was born, Lived a man who made some tea,

And he showed us how to do it, with a yellow submarine

Estonian designer Pavel Sidorenko has turned the recycled record wall clock motif upside down with this new series of laser cut LPs. Each piece creates a unique shape from vintage vinyl, making them appropriate for any room in the house, not just music or kitchsy themed spaces.

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Shhh...don't tell Yogi Bear, but wicker picnic baskets and styrofoam dishes simply won't do anymore.

Boxsal is a new take on the readymade picnic kit - a cardboard box with a handle, and four sets of completely biodegradable necessities: trays, bowls, snack bowls, knife/fork/spoons sets, napkins, and a compostable trash bag.

The boxes come in three designs - the Urban Picnic (vintage boombox), Today's Date (color-by-numbers), and Office Escape (a briefcase). … read more

"By" is for Bloody, "St" is for Sod this, and that's about all it's safe to share...

Tongue-in-cheek design studio Modern Toss brings us the "Periodic Table of Swearing," an helpful info graphic that organizes blue language from heavy metals to light gases, according to their offensive atomic weight.   … read more

We've been digging on the ridiculous-meets-totally-useful-ness of this revolver shaped egg mold, that seems like it'd work equally well for pancakes, or Jell-o, for that matter.

How would you market it?

"For some banging fried eggs?"

"For firing off a perfect brunch, everytime?"

"Create a breakfast that's always number one with a bullet?"

Post your best in the comments!

by DIY-Maven

I don't shave. My face, that is. So although I can't say for certain if the fog-less Reflect shower head is the best thing for the morning manscaping ritual since the twin blade, but it sure seems like it. According to the manufacturer's website, Reflect works thusly:… read more