
Loyal Loot Collective makes these amazing bowls carved out of rough logs (bark still intact) and hollows out the top in a bowl form that is lacquered with wild, glossy color.
The juxtapositions of rough/shiny, rustic/slick, earthy/colorful are what make this collection so irresistible.
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Tom Price is the designer/artist behind all those melted polypropylene object chairs. I first discovered him when one of the first Meltdown chairs were circulating the blogsphere, made from heavy blue rope. Above, is a chair that's part of a series commissioned by Arts Co. for the exhibition 'From Now To Eternity'. The chairs are made from discarded polyester fleece clothing. They were featured at the recent London Design Festival.
To see the current range of Tom Price's Meltdown chairs, read on.
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There are so many crazy ways to write the ABC's. It's a great creative exercise - it would do me well to try my own when I hit a creative slump. I'm amazed at the ingenuity of some of these. This collection of alphabets was gathered from the portfolios of artists, photographers and design students around the world. Credits are noted where known. If you see any with missing credits, please share in the comments - thanks in advance.
[UPDATE] We've updated this list to include an additional 19 examples. See the updated collection here
Above: Artist, Unknown. via Central St. Martin
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