Sleeping bags have been around since man started exploring and traveling the world, but whereas our ancestors were forced to carry bulky and heavy blankets and pads, we are blessed with convenient, compressible sleeping bags. Modern sleeping bags are made from lightweight, compressible and abrasion-resistant nylon and are designed specifically to be packed into compact tubes. Similar to vacuum pa...

Sitting in a director chair gives a sense of power for good reason. The director chair design is a descendant of the French "fauteuil," the field chair of Napoleon I. Even though visions of directors sitting behind movie cameras enter people's minds when they think of these chairs, the chairs are actually compact and comfortable. With a little bit of knowledge and some woodworking tools, making y...