Micro Matter: Vertical Dwellings Inside Glass Test Tubes by Rosa de Jong
For her series Micro Matter, Amsterdam-based designer and art director Rosa de Jong created towering houses and tall buildings inside the narrow confines of large glass test tubes. Perhaps comparable to a ship in bottle, the little houses and buildings are all handmade using natural objects and some model making elements like faux moss. Some pieces even play with gravity and appear to grow both upward and downward, reminding me of paintings by Cinta Vidal or sculptures by Thomas Doyle. See more over on Behance. (via Lustik)
Miniature concrete buildings by Material Immaterial Studio
Material Immaterial studio designed a miniature community of modern, concrete buildings as a way to celebrate the beauty of concrete and all the material’s contributions to modern design.
An Octopus Typewriter by Courtney Brown
As part of the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art’s annual California Sculpture SLAM, Oakland artist Courtney Brown unveiled this unweildly typing device titled “Self Organization,” that went on to win first place. Brown used a 1938 Underwood typewriter affixed with sculpted bronze tentacles. We can’t wait to read its first book. All of the sculptures from the event are still on view through November 15, 2015.
Geometric Collages Created From Layers of Vintage File Folders and Index Cards
Cataloging the tools once used for the very same purpose, Augustine Kofie creates collages that utilize file folders, index cards, and steno notepads from the ’50s through ’80s that were found while scouring the contents of Los Angeles estate sales. Kofie chooses to compile vintage materials from before the dawn of the digital age, a time when data took up physical space rather than gigabytes on an external hard drive.
LEXUS and lasercut works craft hand-assembled drivable cardboard car
LEXUS typically works only with sheet metal, glass and plastics. this time around, they’ve decided to make a one-off life-sized model crafted in precision-cut cardboard. the ‘origami car’ is a replica of the latest ‘IS’ sedan, produced as a celebration of the human craftsmanship skills that go into every car they make.
Lingua Simplex by Amelung Design
Design language pairs games for all ages. Both for adults and for children. Each game pack represents by a character with a typical geographical origin and nationality of their country. Countries which have stereotyped characters, so that each game pack personifies a character for the learning language inside.By pushing upwards and the other downwards the slip lid of the game boxes.
Flask – The Press / Alberto Caiola
Flask and The Press is an unconventional duo that upends the traditional speakeasy concept: an intimate contemporary lounge concealed behind the facade of a cheery, sandwich shop. Together, they’re a juxtaposition of light and dark, elegance and funkyness, personal and playful.