Designer Gives Dollar the Pop-Culture Treatment
James Charles is not the first artist to use currency as inspiration for his original art, but his works are the geekiest I’ve seen in a while. While some items of the “American Iconomics“series might have ou think that Charles simply manipulated the faces on genuine dollar bills, it’s just an illusion. The artist kept […]
Designer Creates Couture Fashion from the Remains of Dead Animals
I know what you’re thinking, so do those fashion companies making real fur coats, but Jess Eaton only uses the remains of animals that died of natural causes, have been hit by cars, or that have been killed for food. Jess’ Roadkil Couture collection features weird items and accessories, like a necklace made from with […]
Man Decorates His House with 180,000 Wine Corks
Miroslav Svoboda’s house, in Mutenice, the Czech Republic, has become a regular tourist magnet after he decorated it with 180,000 wine corks. The idea of using wine corks to make his house more appealing came to Mr Svoboda two years ago, There was an empty circle space on one of the walls, and he decided […]
Man Builds Impressive 250,000 LEGO-Brick Mega-Structure
Inspired by fantasy buildings featured in sagas like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings , LEGO fan Gerry Burrows has built an awe-inspiring giant structure called the Garrison of Moriah. Ever since he was just a kid, Gerry Burrows dreamed of building something big using LEGO bricks, but it was only after finishing […]
The World’s Coolest Website Made Entirely from Real Chocolate
This is something you don’t see every day – Portuguese beer maker Sagres has recently released a chocolate flavored beer and decided to celebrate by creating a launch website entirely out of chocolate (and I don’t mean the flash kind). Sagres is Portugal’s no. 1 beer brand, so when they launched the new Sagres Preta […]
Pimple Popper Ring Is One Disgusting Piece of Jewelry
I’ve seen some pretty bizarre jewelry since I started writing for OC, from rings made from human teeth and hair, to insect accessories, but this Pimple Popper ring is the most disgusting one yet. For reasons I cannot understand, some people just love to pop pimples, and Etsy user Winona Johnson is one of these […]
The Wooden World of Levi van Veluw
Dutch artist Levi van Veluw has recently 3 rooms covered with over 30,000 wooden blocks, balls and slats, as part of his last installation. Absolutely everything in the rooms, including every inch of the floor, walls, ceiling, even himself are covered in the same material – 4 square centimeters dark brown wooden blocks. Every one […]
Modern Tower of Babel Made of Books Appears in Buenos Aires
Popular Argentine artist Marta Minujin has created a 25-meter-high spiraling Tower of Babel made from 30,000 books written in various languages. This modern version of the Tower of Babel was designed in celebration of Buenos Aires’ designation as World Book Capital 2011, by UNESCO, and local authorities say it represents the ideas of pluralism and diversity which […]
Halo Fan Spends Six Months Making a Life-Size LEGO Master Chief Costume
Ben Caulkins, also known as Benny Brickster, spent the last six months working on a life-size costume of Halo’s Master chief, made from thousands of LEGO bricks. Although he had some LEGO building experience, Ben admits he thought long and hard before taking on the task of building a real Master Chief costume. He was […]
Young Crafter Makes Original Prom Dress from 4,000 Pull Tabs
16-year-old Maura Pozek, from Reed Springs, Missouri, created her own prom dress from 4,000 pull tabs and 400 yards of pink ribbon. Looking at the beautiful gown, you wouldn’t guess it was created by a high-school junior, let alone that she did it using only ribbon and aluminum pull tabs. But it’s true, Maura actually […]
Designer Turns Garbage into Green Couture Garments
Designer Nancy Judd uses recycled trash to create various clothing items for her Recycle Runway collection, which she showcases in airports, class rooms and other media outlets around America. “I love taking garbage—something that people want to push away from and not think about—and transform it into something elegant,” Nancy Judd recently told CNN. She […]
Karl Lagerfeld Designs Chocolate Hotel Room
Someone decided to give fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld 10 tons of chocolate so he could create a chocolate hotel room complete with a chocolate model eating a chocolate ice-cream. The photos speak for themselves, but if you need some context, here goes: Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has apparently designed a chocolate hotel room, as part […]
Polish Woodcarver Makes Functional Bicycles Exclusively from Wood
Slawomir Weremkowicz, a 59-year-old former plumber from Poland, creates functional bicycles using only wooden components. The talented woodcarver from Biala Podlaska says he had always wanted to be an artist, and since God gave him the talent of carving wood, he he thought he should do something amazing with it. So he decided to go […]
Chinese Pavilion Made Entirely from 668 Abacuses
Showcased during an abacus-themed exhibition held in the Chinese city of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, this large pavilion model is made from 668 different-size abacuses. Used as a calculating tool centuries before the adoption of the written numeral system, the abacus is a big part of Asian culture, and is still widely use by merchants and […]
Designer Makes Furniture from Discarded Electronics
Benjamin Rollins Caldwell of BRC Design recycles old computer components by using them to create original pieces of furniture. Discarded electronics are a major problem for the environment, and there’s no better example than China’s Guiyu electronics waste site, but some people come up with original ideas that make recycling them look easy and cool. […]