An artificial skin cover for smartphones developed by Marc Teyssier and his colleagues at Telecom Paris. To wit:
Currently limited to smartphones, smartwatches, and touchpads, the prototype is responsive to a variety of gestures, including pinching, tickling, and poking, responding to different emotions: sudden, hard pressure is associated with anger, while gentle and sustained stroking is associated with providing comfort.
Oh dear.
The work of Parisian sculptor Jim F. Faure (aka Jim Skull): human skull forms enhanced with draping, swirling ‘skins’ of coloured thread, Murano glass beads, rope and porcupine quills.
An impressive multi award-winning short by Russian animator Anna Budanova based on the ancient folk tale wherein the souls of the drowned are transformed into shape shifting seals, or selkies.
A personal tattoo machine designed by Royal College of Art graduate Jakub Pollág and prestented at this year’s Designblok design and fashion week in Prague. According to the designer, the device:
…aims to democratise the tattoo industry. It gives a tool used only by a limited group of people into the hands of enthusiasts who are seeking for an alternative and unique way to permanently mark their meaningful memories onto their skin.
Oh dear.
Furniture that ‘looks and feels like human skin’ by UK artist Gigi Barker.
The ‘skin stool’ and ‘skin chair’ (made of soft, fleshy silicone impregnated with human pheromones, perfume or aftershave with optional removable mottled leather covers) sell for £440 and £1500 respectively.
Two nifty short stop motion animations by Hikaru Cho where all effects are painted directly onto the skin of the models.
UK based artist Jessica Harrison’s ‘handheld’ series of miniature furniture, covered in material made from casts of her own skin and accessorised with tufts of hair.
…seeking to consider the relationship between interior and exterior spaces of the body. harrison re-imagines corporal components through a sculptural practice, offering an alternative way of thinking about our physical form.
Yeesh.
Luna – a flexible ‘concrete material’ iPhone5 skin by Korean design collective Posh Craft.
Barbara Millicent Roberts pre and post maquillage by artist and designer Eddi Aguirre.
