everyday objects Archive

Artisanal Fly Swatter by David Fullarton

jeremy | March 9, 2017

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,

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Michael Johansson’s Christmas Trees Made of Everyday Objects

jeremy | December 24, 2012

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

Real 3D Glasses, an everyday object by Jason Taylor

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Real 3D Infographic

jeremy | December 13, 2012

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

Incorrectly manufactured object, designed and fabricated by factory worker Kim Lun at Hui-Yo Sports, Guangdong, China. 2012.

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Go Beyond Utility with Jeremy Hutchison

jeremy | November 30, 2012

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,

Note to Self, an Everyday Object by Jason Taylor

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A Comb for Curly Hair

jeremy | October 1, 2012

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.

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Steff Bomb Throws A Wrench in Thanksgiving on Craft Wars

jeremy | August 22, 2012

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

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Sponge Pops For Spring Cleaning

jeremy | July 31, 2012

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,

United States of America by Michele Pred

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A Little Fear Culture for July 4th

jeremy | July 4, 2012

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

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Urinal Screenprints by Tom Howe

jeremy | May 31, 2012

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

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A Prescription for Bent Objects

jeremy | May 21, 2012

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