"Do it yourself" is the practice of undertaking the construction, modification, or repair of objects or spaces independently, without the assistance of qualified professionals or certified experts. Ac
Boy building a model airplane, Texas, 1942 (photograph by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration)
Shelves attached to a toy vehicle
Fiberglass dome house, California, in style of the Whole Earth Catalog building techniques
Electronics World 1959, home assembled amplifier
The punk subculture includes a diverse and widely known array of music, ideologies, fashion, and other forms of expression, visual art, dance, literature, and film. Largely characterised by anti-estab
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…as fashion Hacktivism allows consumers to play a more active role in engaging with the clothes they wear. DIY as a subculture was brought forward by the punk movement of the 1970s. Instead of traditional means of bands reaching their audiences through large music labels, bands began recording, manufacturing albums…
Punk with a red mohawk at Holidays In The Sun Festival in Morecambe, England, in 2003
Thomas Dellert aka "Tommy Dollar", one of the early London punk rockers, standing with the Sex Pistols in 1975.
Buzzcocks at the Cropredy Festival in 2009