The Making of the Karaoke Ice Cream Truck

Treatbot, the karaoke ice cream truck, is a silver bullet on wheels that churns out gorgeous ice cream and hot music as it plies the streets of San Jose. The flavors they make from scratch reflect the founder’s Filipino heritage and the cultural diversity of the...

The Making Of… the Fairing

For our  Making Of… series on KQED we spent time with industrial designer Scott Summit, of Bespoke Innovations 3-D Systems, in San Francisco. Scott, who has designed for Apple, Nike and many other companies in Silicon Valley,  is making something called Fairings...

Zeega Launch Party & Workshop

The Making Of… Zeega The Kitchen Sisters invite you to A Night of Stories, Invention & Surprise Thursday January 17, 7-8:30 pm SoundCloud, 500 Treat Ave., San Francisco We’re launching Zeega’s new storytelling platform on our Making Of  site and hope you’ll...

Notch: It's All About Stance and Style

View the story on Cowbird here. Notch: It’s All About Stance and Style My name is Ignacio Gonzales. People call me Notch. I build hot rods and I’ve got a thing for tiki bars. I build tiki bars on the side. I’m always moving around. I’m always twitching....

The Making of a Violin

Remo del Tredici began making violins in his 70s. Inspired by his neighbor, a volunteer for AmVets, and the memory of his brother who was killed during WWII, he began giving away his violins to vets. LISTEN ABOVE to full radio story featuring Remo del Tredici, Bill...

The Making Of…

Tell us what you’re making. New Kitchen Sisters series on KQED. The making of the Bay Bridge, the making of a jar of jam, the making of the iPhone, an opera, a surfboard…what people make in the Bay Area and why. The Making Of…, a new radio and...