The World’s Top 10 Best Things Made with Cassette Tapes
Lamp made with old Cassette Tapes
Today I am feeling a little nostalgic and have been remembering the
days when I used to have a load of cassette tapes to play in the car,
now I have CD’s and my Nexus 7 to play my music on. But people who only
know CD’s and I-Pods will never know what it was like to have to rewind a
cassette with a pencil, use that same pencil to pull the tape back in
after the player has tried to eat it, and the mental art of pressing
record at the exact time that favourite song is played on the radio. But
what am I supposed to do with all these old cassette I have found? Well
it seems there are loads of ideas out there, but I only want the 10
very best of them…
The World’s Top 10 Best Things Made with Cassette Tapes
Cassette Tape iPod Touch Cases
10 – The Old & The New
As someone who does indeed remember using cassette tapes these
60 minuet tape Nano Cases are a joy to look at, but then again I would
have been more impressed if it was a stand alone player, but still great
recycling of tapes none the less.
Chair made with Cassettes
9 – No Chair-leaders required!
Chairs do not get any more retro than this one. Made
with upcycled neon covered cassettes tapes it is a joy to look at. Sadly
you will need to make your own if you want one of them, but it just
might be worth a go.
Lamp made with old Cassette Tapes
8 – Light up my World
If you fancy a little touch of the 80′s in your home then you could
do far worst than this rather beautiful, eco-friendly lamp made from old
cassette tapes. I think this looks great and might have to have a go at
making one myself.
cassette tape wallets
7 – Keeping my memories and moneys!
Nothing too complicated here, just a great recycling idea done with
an upcycled cassette tape. I kind of like it because it would make
a great talking point out of a normal use object.
cassette tape pencil holder
6 – Keep calm and remain stationary!
Now here is one that even I can have a go at making! And while I am
sure that no-one would need it, there is a great step-by-step making
guide in the image link.
Cassettes Tape CD holder
5 – The old holding up the new
This CD rack that is made from old cassette tapes is in fact quite
easy to make, you see tapes have several holes in them that
were originally used to keep it in place in the cassette player so all
you need is a few screw bars, buts and screw nuts on the ends!
Cassette Tape Jewellery Boxes
4 – Keep those sweat bands safe!
What better way to keep your Jewellery safe than a cool, retro
looking jewellery box this is made using upcycled cassette tapes! Not a
bad thing to make with tapes at all.
Cassette Tape note book
3 – “Dear Diary, today I upcycled some cassette tapes!”
What I like about this idea is that it uses the holes
that secured the tape in the player with great effect. So if you are the
type of person who still writes a shopping list down or like me needs
to write your blog ideas down A.S.A.P because otherwise your forget
them, this is the perfect gift for you.
Cassette Tape Skeletons
2 – Scary Art
While this is well above my own skill level it isn’t for
the artist Brian Dettmer. You see, he makes amazing skeletons out of
old cassette tapes! For some reason the tapes colours and shapes seen to
make some of his works very life like indeed.
Breakfast bar made with Cassettes Tapes
1 – Retro furniture at its finest.
Recycling old tapes just don’t get any more grand than this cupboard
made from just under 1000 old cassettes! Done by Dutch designer Patrick
Schuur it is nothing short of incredible and really doesn’t look that
hard to make ourselves.
