Editorial for Garage magazine inspired from artist Cindy Sherman by French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier.
The models are wearing masks of Sherman’s face created by Thatsmyface.com a service that takes your 2D mugshots and turns them into super-realistic custom wearable facemask, origami, desk objects or action figures.
Bronze candlestick holder by American designer Paul Loebach
A camouflage liquor-distilling kit by Vienna industrial designer Francesco Morackini that breaks down into four perfectly innocent household copper objects: a cooking pot, fondue stove, fruit bowl and watering can.
The fully functional Prohibition Kit won first prize in the professional category of the Copper and the Home 2012 contest organised by the Italian Copper Institute.
via dezeen
A drawing machine that consists of an oak cotton reel, peg, felt tip pen, rubber band and a small bit of wax. Buy from London design brand All Lovely Stuff (here).
The White & White LED Clock designed by Prague based -Russian designer Vadim Kibardin
via minimalismi
Wallhax coat hanger by Canadian industrial designer Geof Ramsay.
via design boom
previously: Sink + Recycle
A Daf 33 transformed into a peddle cart made by Snode Vormgevers (aka sly designers) collective and Keukenconfessies.
Chandelier made out of over 3,000 hand-cast acrylic gummy bears created by designer Kevin Champeny for home furnishings company Jellio.
Found here.
Birdhouses from Catalan architect Aleix Antillach
The Gerber Steady combines the utility of a multi-tool and the functionality of a tripod for compact digital cameras (up to 340 grams) and smart phones (up to 170 grams).
It comes equipped with an adjustable cell phone and screw-in camera mount and two foldable legs that serve as a tripod.
The rest of the tool is all Gerber ingenuity – a fine edge blade, a serrated blade, three screwdrivers, a bottle opener, pliers and wire cutters.
Found here. More pics after the jump.
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A futuristic highway that can save energy and improve road safety is set to be installed in the Netherlands by mid-2013. The highway includes: glow-in-the-dark road markings painted with photo-luminescent paint which are charged during the day and light up during the night; temperature-responsive paint which indicates slippery roads when temperatures fall below zero; and interactive lights along the highway that light up as cars approach.
Found here. Link to youtube video.
Doctor Who’s ‘Crack in the Universe’ is a custom crafted battery powered LED array.
Check it’s back side and construction here.
Mobile home designed in 1985 by Dutch architect Eduard Böhtlingk.
De Markies (The Awning) trailer measures 2.00 m X 4.50 m on the road, but with a pair of awnings can triple its overall floor space, to offer pvt sleeping quarters, a living room with full location view and in the middle a kitchen with stove, sink, table, storage and bathroom.
The project De Markies was awarded the Public Prize at the Rotterdam Design Prize 1996.
Photos by Roos Aldershoff
Check out the mobile Opera house here or some vintage Rolling homes there
Rocking toy /stool made of recycled wine corks by Polish designer Marcin Bahrij.
More animalorphic design: 1, 2, 3, 4
Hand made poster of an alarm clock that uses a 7-segment LED display to tell the time, by product designer Finn Magee.
DIY rainbow igloo created with paper cartons filled with colored water that, when frozen, turned into translucent bricks. Check 