Freedom Fighter, an interactive installation by Yarisal & Kublitz.

found at 01 Magazine

A donkey on a boat photographed by Paola Pivi at the coast of the island Alicudi (Italy).

“I’m on a boat
Everybody look at me ’cause I’m sailing on a boat”

found at Something Changed

Itay Ohaly question the function of packaging (to protect a product in transit) and came up with the Unpacking concept. He uses the packaging of the product to manufacture the product itself. The packaging of this stool is also the mold of the object. It defines and influences its form and surface. In this case the manufacturer doesn’t open the mold anymore but the consumer. As you can see in the pictures, it’s practically impossible to remove the PU foam completely. Itay also developed some vases with this unique packaging & production process. Very cool!

found at designboom

Meara O’Reilly can sing salt patterns. Euh what? By singing certain tones, she can create resonant patterns with salt scattered on an Chladni plate. I know this sounds weird, in both ways, but watch the video to see the patterns shift from one into another.

found at booooooom!

These Shapes are some very very subtle animated gif’s, made by Traves Smalley.

“Pre-Handshake Handshake Device” by Dominic Wilcox.

Many people in the world seem to be at war with each other. We see families split through disagreements, gang warfare on the streets, politicians arguing, whole civilisations and religions constantly battling. This device aims to help those who are at odds with each other make a first move toward reconciliation.
A traditional handshake can sometimes be just too big a step for those entrenched in their dislike of the other. No matter how important it is for two people to reconcile their differences they simply can’t get over their pride and lower themselves to the symbolism of a handshake with the other party.

found at designboom

Narrow Streets: Los Angeles is a project by David Yoon, it’s a fantasy urban makeover in photographs. He digitally manipulates his photos of the streets of LA to make them look … narrower.

found at It’s Nice That

I’ve just rediscovered the amazing paper art by Simon Schubert. It’s not really clear if he really folds the paper or if he rubs the lines into the paper. Anyway, amazing work!
Some of these pieces are more abstract than his previous work.

“boat”

“plain with figure”

“house on a plain”

“corridor with wave motion”

“long corridor”

found via WOWGREAT

The Chippensteel 0.5 is a chair designed by Oskar Zieta. This chair is made with exactly the same production technique called FiDU as his stool Plopp. FiDU is an abbreviation for German “FreieInnenDruckUmformung” – the Internal Pressure Forming. It means that two shapes cut from steel sheets are welded around their edges and inflated into a 3d object under high pressure. I really like the simplicity of this technique and Oskar seems to push its boundaries to the limit.

“One day (when hell freezes), we will yield to peace – until then war turns profits…”  by TrustoCorp.

found at rebel:art