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A TIE Fighter with Starbucks DNA
Club Jade —
... No, this has nothing to do with Battlestar Galactica, it’s a TIE Fighter made by Wired’s Dan Winters out of nonperishable stuff easily found at a local Starbucks coffee shop: ...
A Starbucks Junk TIE Fighter?
TheForce.Net —
... From Wired.com : "We always knew Starbucks was a hangout for writers and dilettantes. For Wired contributing photographer Dan Winters, it's also an art supply shop: He used nearly 50 'Bucks cups and a crazy number of stirrers to build this, the coolest TIE Fighter ever. "The ribbing on the drink holders reminded me of solar panels," Winters says. "That instantly registered 'TIE fighter' in my head." Now we put the challenge to you: What can you make out of the free stuff from Starbucks? Coffee cups from drink purchases are OK, too you might want to consider multiple stops or ...
Headlines for October 24th
dashPunk —
... trashes all rivals as best reviewed pic of 2008 | Gold Derby | Los Angeles Times - I am surprised that Wall-e beat every other film this year. "Wall-E" (93), "The Dark Knight" (83), "Frozen River" (82), "Happy-Go-Lucky" (82), "Rachel Getting Married" (82). Here are some other scores of interest: "Kung Fu Panda" (73), "Tropic Thunder" (71) and "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (70).
Contest: Make Art From Starbuck’s Junk - I need to go to Starbucks and make this Tie Fighter ...
Starbucks Star Wars Craft Challenge
The Official Star Wars Blog —
... powers started to tingle. Wired magazine contributing photographer Dan Winters made this impressive TIE Fighter with 1 tall lid, 10 coffee boxes, 12 sample cups, 37 grande cups, 63 drink holders and 216 stirrers!
“The ribbing on the drink holders reminded me of solar panels,” Winters says. “That instantly registered ‘TIE fighter’ in my head.”
You can read more about this craft here:
Contest: Make Art From Starbuck’s Junk (Wired.com)
Of course, we ...
The Fuel That Runs the Empire
Thoughts from a Droid —
... If you have been inspired by this work, Wired Magazine is soliciting user creations to be featured in an upcoming sideshow. I look forward to seeing more caffeinated art in the future. ...
