The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle

May 27th, 2009

“The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle” by Jonathan Schipper is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating a head on automobile collision. You can see 2 timelapse videos here.

The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle by Jonathan Schipper

The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle by Jonathan Schipper

The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle by Jonathan Schipper

found at I am Jeriko

Francisco Infante-Arana

May 27th, 2009

I’m not 100% sure, but it looks like Francisco Infante-Arana used aluminium foil to make these shapes on that bush. Make sure you check out his other works with mirrors too.

Francisco Infante-Arana

Francisco Infante-Arana

Francisco Infante-Arana

Francisco Infante-Arana

The Smallest Garden

May 27th, 2009

The Smallest Garden by Chae Young Kim is part of her Urban Camouflage Project. It is a series of computer generated patterns which still have this hand drawn look. They are inspired by the structures of plants which Chae translated into mathematical graphic formulas. She printed the designs on silk habotai and they can be tufted on wall panels for example. I’m really looking forward to see these next week at the DMY International Design Festival Berlin.

The Smallest Garden by Chae Young Kim

The Smallest Garden by Chae Young Kim

The Smallest Garden by Chae Young Kim

The Smallest Garden by Chae Young Kim

found at designboom weblog

Meme Scenery

May 27th, 2009

Meme Scenery is a series of 22 images. They are the backgrounds of famous internet memes, the subjects are removed from the photos or videos. I’m sure you recognize most of them.

David After Dentist

RickRoll

AFRO NINJA

found at kottke

412 Lieter bis zum Anfang

May 27th, 2009

“412 Lieter bis zum Anfang” by Alicja Kwade, 555kg of grinded champagne bottles.

412 Lieter bis zum Anfang by Alicja Kwade

found at vvork

Eric Ku

May 26th, 2009

How did young designers show off their work in the pre internet era? It is so nice to find online portfolios filled with nice projects these days. So here are 2 projects by Eric Ku: CHAIR/CHAIR and “Only Graphic Designers Can See - Magazine, Issue 1″.

CHAIR/CHAIR by Eric Ku

CHAIR/CHAIR by Eric Ku

Only Graphic Designers Can See - Magazine, Issue 1 by Eric Ku

Only Graphic Designers Can See - Magazine, Issue 1 by Eric Ku

Only Graphic Designers Can See - Magazine, Issue 1 by Eric Ku

found at It’s Nice That

Broken Arm Chair

May 26th, 2009

The Broken Arm Chair by George Dubinsky is definitely one of the funniest design objects I’ve seen in a while.

Broken Arm Chair by George Dubinsky

Broken Arm Chair by George Dubinsky

found at designboom weblog

Cloud by An Te Liu

May 26th, 2009

Cloud is an installation by An Te Liu, he presented it at the 2008 Venice Biennial of Architecture. It’s made of 120 air purifiers, ionizers, sterilizers, washers, humidifiers, ozone air cleaners. They were all running constantly.

Cloud by An Te Liu

Cloud by An Te Liu

Open Wound

May 26th, 2009

Open Wound by John Clang.

Open Wound by John Clang

Open Wound by John Clang

Open Wound by John Clang

Open Wound by John Clang

found at but does it float

Shadow Hands

May 26th, 2009

Shadow Hands by Russ and Reyn.

Shadow Hands by Russ and Reyn

Shadow Hands by Russ and Reyn

Shadow Hands by Russ and Reyn


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