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Design e gadget: le strane coppie

other · 2026-05-05

A roundup of quirky design objects includes: Nina Cornelison's sardine can packaging for Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'; Shiri Zinn's I-Scream sex toy disguised as an ice cream cone; Uvproductionhouse's handmade, self-cleaning Aquarium Backpack; Fatboy's picnic blanket resembling an oriental rug; Erik Stehmann's Copycat Art Scratcher for cats to destroy a Mona Lisa reproduction; a birdhouse shaped like a surveillance camera; Chambong, a champagne flute bong for rapid drinking; a guitar case lunch box; chair socks with cat paw prints; and brain-shaped coasters that form a human brain when stacked. The article was published in Artribune Magazine #31.

Key facts

  • Nina Cornelison designed a sardine can packaging for Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea'.
  • Shiri Zinn invented I-Scream, a sex toy shaped like an ice cream cone.
  • Uvproductionhouse makes a handmade, self-cleaning Aquarium Backpack.
  • Fatboy sells a picnic blanket that looks like an oriental rug.
  • Erik Stehmann created the Copycat Art Scratcher, a Mona Lisa replica for cats.
  • A birdhouse shaped like a surveillance camera is sold by Donkey Products.
  • Chambong is a combination of a bong and a champagne flute.
  • Guitar Case Lunch Box is a lunchbox shaped like a guitar case.
  • Chair socks with cat paw prints are available from Odditymall.
  • ThinkGeek sells brain-shaped coasters that stack to form a human brain.

Entities

Artists

  • Nina Cornelison
  • Shiri Zinn
  • Erik Stehmann

Institutions

  • Artribune
  • Fatboy
  • Uvproductionhouse
  • Donkey Products
  • Odditymall
  • ThinkGeek
  • Firebox
  • Etsy

Sources