art

Weather explorer umbrella

Weather explorer umbrella

Peter writes – At the installation “Weather Explorer Umbrella” s user can walk with a umbrella over a big worldmap – hear, see and feel the weather of a certain place of the world. The umbrella contains a small speaker, different color-leds and a handfan. A camera-tracking recognize the position of the umbrella with a […]

Embroidered telephone conversations

Embroidered telephone conversations

Artist Louisa Bufardeci made these embroidered telephone conversations, she writes… Warrantless, wireless, telephone tapping – how does it affect the home-sweet-homeliness of the domestic space? 13 captured telephone conversations – all one minute long captures the sense of paranoia generated by the idea that anyone could be listening in, anytime. These particular thirteen conversations are […]

Gummy bear chandelier

Gummy bear chandelier

Nat writes – This gorgeous chandelier is made out of GUMMY BEARS! Sorry for yellin’ but it’s just too cool to imagine! Artist Ya Ya Chou even says, “remains fresh even after two years after it’s made!” There’s more gummy bear art here to check out too. Gummy bear chandelier – [via] Link.

Aluminum pull tab chair

Aluminum pull tab chair

Artist Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos made this chair from 1739 recycled aluminum can tabs. The entire piece is weaved together with plastic pull ties. Inhabitat » ALUMINUM PULLTAB CHAIR: A La Lata Lounger – Link. More chairs: Accordion chair – Link. Ski Chair – Unsafe at any speed – Link. Robotic chair (video) – Link. […]

Lightsticks… in the latrine

Lightsticks… in the latrine

Steve sent in what I thought would completely bizarre and perhaps gross, but it turns out it’s quite beautiful, he writes – Last night I opened and poured a red and green lightstick in the toilet and photographed it. I find the images to be surprisingly like deep space nebula photos. Lightsticks In The Toilet […]