Man Made DIY

Have you ever noticed that men and women use drinking straws differently? Women will use their straws to stir their drinks and then actually drink their beverages from the straw. Whereas men--not ALL men but a lot of them--will use their straws to stir their drinks and then they either remove the straws all together or--my favorite--bend them over the lips of their glasses so they don't poke them in the eyes. 

These Stainless Steel Straws, however, will bring equality of straw usage to the sexes. First, they're so cool you won't want to remove them from your glass, and, second, they don't bend. Of course, because they are reusable, they'r… read more

"Gulp" by Tim Fishlock is a lampshade made from "three thousand translucent drinking straws interwoven to form a dense, spherical lampshade. Made from one continuous length of interconnected straws, you could – if you possessed Dyson-like suction – put one end in a drink and gulp it down through the other. Each piece takes seven days to make and is made to order. Gulp is available in a strictly limited edition of 50."