A story in 291 paper letters and 2,454 photographs by Ben Barrett-Forrest.
Category Archives: Design
You So Wood
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Graphic designer, Antoni Tudisco’s wooden burgers, runners, doughnuts and whatnot aren’t even wood, or burgers or runners or doughnuts or whatnot.
They’re digital representations of wooden representations of burgers, runners, doughnuts and whatnot.
Is it lunchtime yet?
In this short documentary, Shaped on all Six Sides, directed by Kat Gardiner, carpenter Andy Smith shares his thoughts about a thing some men do because they can’t have babies.
Mmf.
New iconographic pop-culture prints from artist Chet Phillips (he of the Coen Brothers iconography series).
(Above: The Big Bang Theory, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Princess Bride and Firefly)
All available as 28cm x 35cm prints for around €20 each here.
UPDATE: Chet’s Etsy store doesn’t ship to the Republic of Ireland (thanks for the clarification, Ardoyne Aristocrat). Damn.
Needs more Bernard Lynch.
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The Snapzoom Phone Scope Adaptor – a brilliantly simple concept you could easily have come up with yourself but instead was invented by Hawaiian brothers-in-law Daniel Fujikake and Mac Nguyen.
Currently overfunded on Kickstarter, the design attaches any smartphone to any binocular, telescope or microscope eyepiece.
It will almost certainly be a thing you can buy soon.
KaleidoPope is an interactive ‘visual pun’ that uses images of various popes, popery and papishness to create engaging kaleidoscopic imagery. Creator Michael Silber sez:
I composed a photo collage of historic portraits, which is then abstracted when viewed in repeated slices. The lavish textile patterns and mosaic textures provide a rich material for the abstraction.
Get your pope on here.
Dresses made from food by Korean fine artist Yeonju Sung.
Dutch Illustrator Metin Steven adds a third dimension, thereby revealing the hidden depths of 2D platformers of yore.
Also available as prints and canvas art.