Preserved Transparent Animals by Iori Tomita
These see-through critters are preserved in jars and injected with amazing technicolor enzymes to make them all glow-y. Break it down, Science: “Tomita uses an enzyme to dissolve the natural proteins in the flesh. He then injects red dyes into the harder bones and blue dyes into the softer cartilage, thus highlighting usually unseen internal structures. The dead creature is then preserved in a jar of glycerin”. You can even buy miniature versions of these… in Japan.
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Belarusian designer constantin bolimond designed a bottle based around the concept of wine as the blood of grapes. the striking form is themed off a human heart to reference the fruit’s origin - france. the product is realized in black and white finishes, featuring a simple inverse typeface to communicate the wine’s label. the design brings a new meaning to the devil’s nectar…
Too much night, again by Pae White
Los Angeles-based artist Pae White merges art, design, craft and architecture through site-specific installations and individual works which defy our expectations of a variety of techniques and media. For her South London Gallery exhibition she creates a mesmerising installation in which vast quantities of black, red, blue and purple yarn span and criss-cross the room to form a dense cloud of darkness which struggles to exist within the ethereality of the space. As visitors make their way into the work beneath the mesh of threads, supergraphics spelling out the words TIGER TIME and UNMATTERING gradually emerge and dissolve depending on both the viewer’s physical relationship to them and the relative weight of the overall aesthetic experience. Visit the installation until May 12th in London.
Tokujin Yoshioka was announced the ‘Designer of the Year 2007′ during Design Miami. Therefor he created an installation that filled the entire space with 2 million transparent straws. (iGNANT)
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A new selection of satirical illustrations by John Holcroft, who takes a critical look but full of humor about our society and its excesses. John Holcroft is a British illustrator based in Sheffield, whose unique style illustrations are published in many newspapers and magazines, such as The Guardian and The Economist.
