Bags were made from floppy disks, they were placed as coasters under cups, the metal cores of magnetic disks were turned into parts for the administrator's tambourine, and the magnetic disks themselves were used instead of light filters to look at the sun. What happened to me when art and geekiness met in my head is written in this post.
I love to draw. I have a great variety of markers, pens and pencils, and at some point I realized that ordinary stands and pencil cases, of which there are many in office supply stores, would not be enough for me. I wanted something of my own and tailored to my needs. It all started when I read a post on life hacker about a pen stand made from floppy disks. It is done very simply - take five floppy disks and interlock with rings to each other. I improved the scheme and did not interlock them, but glued them together. The stand made using this method was later modified by adding a lid with tape to the eraser box.
One stand was not enough, so I made another one, replacing the bottom floppy disk with a CD, this increased stability, and this thing looks good. Later, I made another stand using the old method and glued it to the new one, additionally adding several partitions from the same floppy disks inside. For two years now she has been faithfully serving me on the table.
But this was not enough, and then I began to make more stands. Another CD was added to the CD, thickening the bottom, making it look nice underneath and further improving stability. A piece of paper was placed between the disks to prevent anything from falling out in the center of the “pancake.” To connect the stands to each other, part of the disk was sawed off on both sides. Then I began to immediately file off the corner of the disk and not use extra floppy disks to connect the two stands, and made them immediately interlocked, the wall between the boxes was shared by two. The partitions were designed for different markers, from thick to thin. This is the train that now sits on my desk.
But there were more and more handles and I wanted to make an even more convenient stand. Having taken out a specially purchased box of floppy disks, I decided to make a stand standing at an angle. The technique was the same as the very first time - a box with a bottom made of floppy disk or cardboard (for the original look), separators made of floppy disks, but two more disks were attached to the side, which hold the stand at an angle. The first time I used small self-tapping screws, but even with them I had trouble; the second time I glued them. The stands turned out to be
incredibly convenient and take pride of place near the laptop.
At an angle, the ink deteriorates less and it is more convenient to take out drawing sticks, and the color or thickness is immediately visible.
Now I’m thinking about where to use the old CDs and DVDs, of which I have accumulated a great many. Why not make that same tambourine?
Ana Buigues from Spain found a rather interesting use for old floppy disks.
She makes notepads from old floppy disks and sells them in an online store for $5 and $7 depending on the number of pages.
It looks pretty nice.
Here's an original idea for a homemade notebook.
Another use for old floppy disks is in a bag!
This bag doesn't seem too comfortable, but design, as they say, requires sacrifice.
