David Fullarton [interviewed] is back with a new edition that makes me feel rather slap happy. It’s an artisanal fly swatter. You wield the art object with hand-forged steel,
Michael Johansson is a Swedish artist who creates geometric forms out of found objects. For his recent exhibitions, he used objects he’d found in the galleries’ backrooms. It’s
Remember Jason Taylor and his Everyday Objects project? Check out his 339th Everyday Object: “Real 3D Glasses”. What’s so great about this one is how simply and effectively
For people who philosophically feel that “form follows function” Jeremy Hutchison‘s work [previously] must seem like stepping off a cliff. Hutchison takes practical objects and renders them impractical,
Remember Jason Taylor and his Everyday Objects project? I wrote that post in March, when the UK-based product designer was nearing his 100th transformation of an everyday object.
Last night, Chicago-based toy designer and fierce Jewess, Stephanie Baum (aka Steff Bomb), [interviewed] appeared on TLC’s Craft Wars. Host Tori Spelling was away for the episode, so Steff
PUTPUT is a Swiss/Danish artist collective who “set out to capture the previously unseen by transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary”. In their work, they’re interested in reconfiguring,
Now for a different P.O.V. of life in the U.S.A. This past May, I had the opportunity to see Michele Pred‘s “Fear Culture” displayed at artMRKT. It was
You’re looking at EXACTLY what you think you’re looking at. Everybody gets all excited about Tokyo’s techno-urinals, but what about these American-made ordinary, everyday objects? Michigan-based artist, Tom
If you’ve got a case of the Mondays and Garfield can’t help, I recommend Bent Objects. Indianapolis-based sculptor/photographer Terry Border adds wire armatures to everyday objects to create anthropomorphic
