March 2012
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Bike Comb Featured in Turkish Design Magazine
Concept Projects, a Turkish design magazine, featured Knowhow Shop’s bike comb in their February issue!
February 2012
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Washing Spot Now Open
Knowhow Shop designed the interior and signage for this self-serve dog wash in Silverlake. The long narrow space is taken advantage of by creating a grain in the tub deck and cashwrap that bends as it approaches the street. The decking is red oak with a vinegar stain: each piece of wood reacts differently allowing the material to take on the many tones of a dirty (or clean) dog’s fur....
Tilted Shelf
Shop member Beau Kiger built this tricky bookshelf from a design by Knowhow Shop. Seeming at first a simple, though finely crafted, piece of furniture, the shelf takes advantage of books tendency to lean, and plays with our own finely tuned perceptions of when things aren’t straight.
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SCENES FROM A KITCHEN TOOL CLASS {PART 2}
Pictures taken from our second kitchen tool class. Remember that our next series of classes is scheduled for March 3rd & 4th! Contact knowhowshopla@gmail.com to sign up.
January 2012
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HONEYSUCKLE PLANT SHELF
2ndwnd uses laser-etched reclaimed pine, a drinking glass and custom-fabricated stainless steel to create a unique planter shelf — perfect for hanging both indoor and outdoor. Please contact Manny at 2ndwnd for further details on specs and purchasing. Stay tuned as it will soon be available in the Knowhow Shop online store!
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SCENES FROM A KITCHEN TOOL CLASS
Check out these pictures of wooden utensils made by students at Linda’s last kitchen tool class. It’s not too late to sign up for an additional class scheduled for March 3rd & 4th!
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SEWING CABINET --> BAKERY COUNTER
Shop member Julie Kim of PLIC Design upcycled a sewing cabinet from the Salvation Army into a counter for Proof Bakery. Check out Julie’s handiwork below -
Be sure to visit Proof in Atwater Village for their unbelievable pastries, sandwiches and coffee!
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JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE SHOP
2ndwnd laser-etched a wood panel for Self Help Graphics, a visual arts center that seeks to advance Latino art in Los Angeles.
This mysterious plywood pyramid will soon serve as a public art project coming to a sidewalk near you:
Finally, just in case you missed it on our Facebook page, Knowhow Shop founders Kagan and Justin continue with their CNC milling experiments. The extraordinary...
December 2011
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Give the gift of Knowhow
Buy your special someone a pass to the Knowhow Shop this holiday season.
7-day pass - $200 Buy now!
4-Day Pass - $150 Buy now!
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WOODEN COOKING UTENSIL WORKSHOP
Learn some new skills for the new year at the Knowhow shop! In this two-day workshop, you will make your very own set of wooden cooking utensils. Choose between walnut and cherry wood to create and finish up to two cooking spoons, forks, spreaders, muddlers or chopsticks of your design.
This class will cover the basics of how to use the bandsaw, carving and shaping tools, as well as the CNC...
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Comb Recognized in the Holy Land
Nisha Magazine, “Israel’s leading home interior and product design magazine,” featured the comb bike rack in their December issue!
November 2011
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THE OINKSTER IS DONE
In case you missed it in the NotCot Tasteologie post, the Oinkster renovation is DONE. Check out the highlights of Knowhow Shop, Dutchpress, FreelandBuck, and 2ndwnd’s collaboration below. But also check it out in real life and enjoy a burger and fries at one of the best burger joints in Los Angeles!
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Pop Tree: The Unfolding Xmas Tree
2ndwnd helped lasercut an alternative sustainable Christmas tree designed by Leilani Trujillo. The Pop Tree, made of silk-screened chipboard and birch plywood, is inspired by pop-up origami. It unfolds to bring life to a flat, inconspicuous object.
Please purchase a Pop Tree and support the first production run through its Kickstarter page!
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WatchVideo capturing the pumpkin carving event with Delab, made by our resident film guy Dru Korab. Check out the rest of Dru’s Knowhow Shop films on our new video page.
Standard Goods
Knowhow Shop completed design and woodwork for the interior of Standard Goods, a menswear shop in West Hollywood. Check out the work below. Knowhow Shop designed and built the shelving, entry display and door frames. Remember, it’s all about the details…
Photos courtesy of Standard Goods
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Barnacles on a...
These ceramic barnacles designed by Knowhow Shop hold air plants along with anything else you can imagine. If you can’t locate a whale, fasten them to your nearest exterior wall. Available for purchase. Air plant and mounting hardware included.
Images courtesy of Robert Pousman
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CNC Pumpkin Carving Workshop with deLaB
A pumpkin resembling Zaha Hadid, a Jeff Koons pinata, a D.I.Y. tap serving craft brews, and a roomful of merry ghosts and adorable goblins were all present at the Knowhow Shop last weekend for a Halloween-themed CNC milling workshop.
Needless to say, the event — a collaboration between Knowhow Shop and Design East of La Brea — was a smashing success as you can see from the pictures...
September 2011
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August 2011
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The Oinkster Renovation: Sneak Peak
Some more behind the scenes photos of The Oinkster renovation. FreelandBuck Architecture leads the renovation of the interior with Knowhow Shop offering their design-build services and 2ndwnd lending laser fabrication expertise. Enjoy your burger and Ube shake on the bench…or is it a table? Find out soon!
(Images captured from FreelandBuck Facebook photos).
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Burger Nickels from 2ndwnd
Hot off 2ndwnd’s laser bed, these Burger Nickels are etched from red oak. In the future, you can use them to get half off a regular priced burger at the tastiest burger joint in Northeast LA, The Oinkster.
Click here for more information about the project.
July 2011
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Rawhide
Knowhow Shop is building an upcoming SCI-Arc installation for Hirsuta.
Please click here for more details.
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The Big Picture: Collaborative Knowhow
Two great articles in one day! An insightful interview by Regina Connell at Handful of Salt design blog that captures the key ingredients of collaboration and partnership which happen at the Knowhow Shop.
Check it out: http://www.handfulofsalt.com/?p=9150
Hammer Time
The Knowhow Shop is featured in the New York Times T Design Magazine. Check it out!
June 2011
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Come see THIS
From July 8th-23rd come visit the Non Toxic Revolution Campaign Exhibition at THIS Gallery. Be sure to check out the Knowhow Shop planters located in front of THIS Gallery and the Little Cave Bar.
Knowhow Shop Woodworking Classes
“Making the Knowhow Bent Planter”
July 16, 17 Members: $200 Non-Members: $260 Using the facilities and expertise available at the Knowhow Shop, we will spend a weekend using traditional craft techniques to make non-traditional Planter Boxes for the garden enthusiast. These planter boxes make use of simple and creative joinery, and were on display at our recent garden show and our...
Its GOOD over at the Knowhow Shop
Checkout this write-up on our shop at GOOD Design:
At a Co-op Fabrication Shop, L.A. Makers Build Furniture and Community.
May 2011
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Garden Show 2011
The boys with beards got dirty! Knowhow Shop hosted the garden theme art and design show as part of the NELA Open Gallery Night. Video by Dru Korab.
Knowhow Shop Garden Show from Dru Korab on Vimeo.
Out of our hair!
The comb bike rack is finished! Knowhow Shop is breathing a sigh of relief now that the bike rack is enroute to Virginia. The 400 pound comb is handcrafted out of Mangaris using full mortise and tenon construction, while the hair is made from powder coated steel.
For any readers in the Roanoke area, the Roanoke City Public Art Bike Rack Dedication for the comb rack will be taking place...
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How green got its envy....
Tonight we took a break from working on the garden show to enjoy a snack. That vibrant green basil is from the Knowhow Shop garden, our very first pickings of the season. If you drop by the garden show, perhaps we’ll have some saved for you!
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Comb to the garden show!
In case you hadn’t heard, our shop is having a garden show next weekend. But today we took a break from the garden show to work on a bike rack. Our entry for a public bike rack received first place in a national design competition and is commissioned by the City of Roanoke. Think where Stuart Little would lock his bike.
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Life's a Picnic.......
at least for the lucky owner of this beautifully crafted table set.
Scout Regalia, an Echo Park design practice obsessed with such wonderful things as fabrication of space, graphic identites, furniture, home products, and material processes, stopped by the shop today to build a custom outdoor table set.
Made of enameled aluminum and white oak, each table set is made to order and built to...
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Guitar Hero(ine)......
Avid classical guitarist and designer, Julie Kim, recently spent time in our shop building this guitar crib for her mom’s homeless guitars.
To learn more about the guitar crib and to see her other Knowhow Shop project, the wall unit, check out Julie’s website at http://jliekim.wordpress.com/
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Old Fashioned Goodness
Our spread in Collect Magazine has left the printing press, and is now available on newsstands (in Australia). Interested in a copy of the magazine? Copies are available for purchase at the shop
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laser fever
old toolbox, new knowhow
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Knowhow Shop at the Silverlake Jubilee
Mark your calendars for May 21st and May 22nd. Knowhow Shop will be hosting a booth at the Silverlake Jubilee. More details to come.
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Peek at the upcoming garden show
For the past few weeks Knowhow Shop has been preparing for its Garden Show on May 13-15th, which is being held in conjunction with the NELAart Second Saturday Gallery Night. We’ll be cooking up some of our very own shop-grown goodness so we hope you can stop by, enjoy some refreshments, and check out our latest work.
For any west-siders out there still unconvinced that the show is worth...
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The Knowhow Shop is starting a garden....
Today’s project was to clear a spot for the future shop garden
We have a 4x15 space that would be perfect for planting our garden once we get it cleaned up and weeded.
and after a full day of work…..
Voilà! Now the fun work can begin.
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Knowhow Shop LA website →
Interested in learning more about our shop? Checkout our main website
April 2011
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2 weeks until the Knowhow Shop Garden Show!
For more information please visit: http://www.knowhowshopla.com/
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WatchMissed our last NELAart Walk show? Watch the highlights.
Video courtesy of Dru Korab http://vimeo.com/drukorab
March 2011
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“A friend of mine told me about a new fabrication cooperative in Highland Park....”
– Want to hear more about what shop users have to say? Check us out on yelp!