industrial Archive
sculpture
A. Drauglis is a Washington, DC-based artist, woodworker and furniture maker. He recently caught my attention with this handsome pill box, which comes complete with a dose of social
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industrial
This week my friend, French artist, and fellow Maniac, SKWAK, took one step closer to blurring the distinction between the Maniac World and the Real World. Partnering with Chinese
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industrial
When you were younger, did you know a kid who seemed to be allergic to everything? Were YOU that kid? Have you now sworn off breeding so as
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industrial
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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industrial
The walls of this Designer Toy Dream House were stacked with eye candy, but an object along the floor caught my attention: a designer pet dish by Miriam Mirri for Alessi. The Italian
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popjects
Wise men from Bing Crosby to Perry Como to Agent Gordon Cole have advised letting a smile be your umbrella. Well the maker’s of this week’s ultimate popject have other ideas. When it
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popjects
You’re looking at Karoto, a carrot peeler that takes the form of a pencil sharpener, by Israeli designer Avichai Tadmor. Tadmor got his inspiration from a common school pencil
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industrial
Remember Diddo Velema’s designer gas masks? The Dutch designer returns with a new rumination on the culture of consumption. He calls it The Cure for Greed: What exactly
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popjects
If you got a kick out of Bughouse’s Future Fossils collection of concrete cameras, joysticks and turntables, soak in these concrete (non-rubber) duckies. The quirky quackers act as swag
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popjects
It’s as if someone spilled a drink on some Lego bricks and had an epiphany: What if we made eco-friendly building blocks out of old coffee? (Stranger caffeinated
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