Child's Play

Robert Bradford a trained visual artist (& psychotherapist on the side), experiments with children's forgotten toys and plastic bric-a-brac. He up-cycles them into life-sized people or animals. Each piece can contain up to 3000 pieces.   Via: The Cool Hunter

It's the Real Thing

Slogan from the Coco Cola archive of slogans, 1969  - ' It's the real thing.' 
Art Via: Street Art Utopia - location Iran.

Sharp Tongued

This elegant and modern solid stainless steel design knife (Degalon) is a set of 4 in one. Sharp design (s'use the pun)  with clever use of materials.


Found pinned on Pinterest courtesy of the aptly named: This is Why I'm Broke.  And they can be yours for only -  $744.58 !

Leaf Carving

Veins of a leaf add detail to the subject matter of the carving.

The art of carving an image on to a tree leaf, specifically the leaf of the Chinar tree. 

The tree is native to India, Pakistan and China - similar to a maple tree leaf in appearance.

With a 60% failure rate, it takes special tools to remove the leaf surface without cutting or removing the veins. According to leaf carver Victor Liu, owner of Longal Crafts.

Tarty Pantone

This looks delicious, I'll have 1797 C and a cappuccino to go... 

The idea of French food designer Emilie De Griottes these dessert tarts resemble Pantone color swatches and were created for French culinary magazine Fricote.

Via: Design Taxi

Emperor Derrière

Although I really love the idea of this computer-workstation chair, the Emperor 200 (Made by Modern Work Environment Lab )  I do feel (as I've said before) that the human race is heading towards a sedentary lifestyle, with potential physical disastrous effects, as described in The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster. 

Already a button-pushing, screen-addicted bunch of lounging lizards surely we don't need to be encouraged to remain seated for longer periods of time? But that said, this is the ultimate sitting experience of the moment. It offers added extras of a THX surround system, seat adjustment, air ventilation and light therapy, which gives the sitter their daily dose of vitamin D, without ever having to venture outside again! All this plus a touch screen control centre with three 24-inch LED screens dangling right in front of your face, from the end of the scorpion-like tail. What more could you want?

Costing an arm and a leg (in more ways that one), this innovative creation has a price tag of  a mere $44,750 (US).

Via Designtaxi

Shattered

Amazing animal sculptures made from re-cycled CD fragments to represent animal and bird fur and feathers. Created by Australian artist Sean Avery  
See more on DevianART  Also: Laughing Squid and This is Colossal