as a kid, i definitely carried blankie everywhere. now industrial design student jenny pokryvailo from the bezalel academy fit a stuffed bear inside a recycled retro suitcase.
Aiming to reduce the volume of PET bottles carried by "catadores" (people who collect waste from streets), Takashi Utsumi developed a device with which one can rapidly shred PET bottles into ribbons suitable for use in crafts. I want one.
Catherine Ledner became fascinated by the idea of using wallpaper patterns in animal portraiture. Her new book, “Animal House", makes for one of the prettiest nytimes slideshows yet.
Messages in cookies made by Wonton Food in Queens, have spread across the country, some diners have registered their reactions online...they won't always brighten your day.
i have a confession to make. i've spent the morning working on einstein's fish rather than real work. not sure if i love or hate coudal for introducing us, but i simply must know who owns that pike.
coolhuting review the onguard locking skewers. they seem like a subtle elegant solution to bike theft, but perhaps that elegance just pisses off would-be theives...
a bit more research reveals horst wackerbarth's red couch project, which is fascinating in its own right. love a good story and the idea of a museum of mankind.
eyl and green's aperture, a facade installation with interactive and narrative displaying modes, creates new imagery as well as a new channel for communication between inside and outside
This summer, The Royal Parks Foundation, the charity for London's eight Royal Parks, celebrates a new collection of Deckchair Dreams and boasts a host of contributing artists.
Annie Sessler, from the East End of Long Island, makes fish prints- impressions of sea life, mostly on vintage textiles, for which she uses fish themselves like rubber stamps or wood blocks.
ok, i almost fell over when i saw this one. a piss screen. control a video game with your pee...an attempt to encourage potential drunk drivers to get a cab.
Found Tobias Wistisen's silver mini shrunken heads on cool hunting and had to post. After all, I do work next to a rather famous collection of shrunken heads!
Derek Cruz, of Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons, vintage ivory piano keys proved the perfect canvas for his latest collection: a limited-edition line of necklaces made exclusively for BBlessing in New York.
Brad Ford used preserved jungle nymphs and stick insects to decorate the mudroom of the 2007 Hamptons Cottages and Gardens Idea House. I love the bugs, but not so keen on filling my home with dead stuff!
Check out Wooster's 'All My Friends Are Made Of Paper' - A Survey of the Work of Armsrock' , the latest limited edition book in the'Wooster On Paper' series.