Design e gadget: le strane coppie
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