Beautiful Crate Photo
Kamran Channa, from Australia (I think), shot this great shot of a man and his milk crate seat. See more of Kamran’s work here –>Kamran Channa @ TrekEarth.com
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High End Crate Use
Some people think milkcrates are ugly. But the most sophisticated of design types see the beauty. This room, by Jenny Sauer was featured on Design Sponge and is a model of modern utilitarian goodness. –>via Design Sponge Online, Sneek Peek: Jenny Sauer
Clumsy Aussie soccer fan hurts head via milkcrate and sues the team
A fan of the Canberra Raiders, an Australian soccer team, fell during an on-field half-time competition. The game consisted of catching soccer balls in a milkcrate. The sponsor of the event was a local dairy, Canberra Milk. The participant fell and lost consciousness. He may have hit his dome on the milkcrate in the spill. He is now suing the team for his injury and for the sad state of his life. I one main question: why was a dairy promoting a game where milk crates are in use illegally? –>via LiveNews, Raiders fan sues over half-time catching contest injury and –>via The Canberra Times, Fan sues Raiders for injuries
Milkcrate Basketball Association
Long ago I made this tee shirt and it was celebrated. Once again it is available to commemorate the best and most authentic of basketball experiences. The Milkcrate Basketball Association is the truth. –>get one at the Milkcrate Digest Zazzle page
The Milkcrate Armatron, monitor rig
My buddy Nicolas has done it again. A little while back I posted about Nick’s question (How Many Crates Can You Carry?) and now he’s posted this amazing contraption that he calls the armatron –>Read the full post
Scooter Crates
I can’t remember seeing a crate this bright and blue. –>via dykhouse.com, Milk Crate GET
And yet another scooter crate combo –>via flickr.com, Old Milk Crate
Instant Grants, pull up a milkcrate
Steve Lambert and The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists went to Union Square in NYC and gave away instant grants for al kinds of projects in the $10 to $60 range. Pull up a milkcrate and make your pitch. –>via Urban Prankster.com, Instant Grant Program
QuietDoing’s Crate Products
Friend from the southland sent me this wonderful milkcrate product from the etsy.com. I reached out to Ms. QuietDoing and she agreed to answer my random interview questions. (MD=Milkcrate Digest, QD=QuietDoing) –>products via esty.com, QuietDoing Shop
MD: Tell me about the milkcrate patterns and images…where did the idea come from, why crates?
QD: Many of my design influences are music inspired. I dip and dabble with records and DJing and to quote Kid Koala, “Some of my best friends are DJ’s”! ;D The turntable/record designs come straight from that part of my life and the milkcrates, to me, go hand in hand with the record culture. I’ve realized two of my favorite things involve playing with needles: records and sewing = destiny!
MD: How do milkcrates enhance or affect your daily life? do you have some around the house? how many?
QD: My last apartment shared a back lot with a grocery store where we acquired dozens of crates for records and patio furniture. I did a lot of planting and outdoor landscaping with them. 
Ah… nostalgia.
Thinking about them now, creates a sort of vibe or energy that I can always connect with. They’re just these plastic things that stack – the same, large, LEGO piece that I felt I could build with or use for anything my creative mind and physical energy would allow. Ask my roommates, I was perpetually re-arranging those crates!
I’ve recently moved, though, and have acquired more legit wooden furniture and record housing, so my crate collection has dwindled to only a few to store art supplies, fabric, music equipment and tools; I don’t think they will ever fully escape me. If I could integrate milkcrates into my interior design, I’d do so in a heartbeat.
I do have a not-so-traditional, but handy-dandy and collapsible plastic crate that I keep in the trunk of my car. It’s nifty.
MD: What is your earliest milkcrate memory?
QD: My earliest milkcrate memories involve my dad getting black ones from the outside lot of the laundromat my parents used to own. They were put out by the bakery next door and he’d a use for them for everything DIY related. I’d use them as chairs, step stools, or stilts; the way bored single-digit-age children do while waiting around for the adults to finish their duties of responsibility.
MD: Anything new in the works?
QD: I’ve been focusing on wallets, but now am starting a line of bags and briefcase-type things for people who like paper.
Melbourne film geeks love the milkcrates
Irving Z. Gribbish shows films through projectors propped up on milkcrates. He does it for the love of the movies. Once again the Aussies rule the crate world. –>via the Age.com.au, The Reel Thing
