Impressive Food Carvings

My mother always told me not to play with my food. The artist responsible for these impressive food carvings obviously didn't get the same advice. While I'm unable to decipher much of the information on the site, the photos are definitely worth a look.

(Found via Ubersuper)

The Labels Project: Luca Pizzaroni

As part of visual artist Luca Pizzaroni's Labels Project, he's photographed a series of made-in tags on the inside of clothing. The collection is a unique look at where our clothing comes from, as well as a showcase of design in unsuspecting places. I'm often quick to cut these tags out of my clothing, occasionally preserving one here or there if it's a vintage item. I'll definitely be paying closer attention in the future.

(Found via Fabrica)

The Hamburglar Bike

Earlier in the month I posted the American Cheese Burger coasters and vowed to stock every table of my fantasy burger restaurant with them. After seeing Harry Sperl's The Hamburglar Bike, I now know by what means I'll do deliveries. The Florida resident and hamburger enthusiast couldn't think of anything more appropriate to customized his Harley after.

(Found via TrendHunter Magazine)

Dutch Coiffure Award

The 2008 Dutch Coiffure Award for hair design recipients were recently posted in a gallery on their website. Most interesting are those in the avant-garde section. I rarely do anything with my hair, it's long and straight, but the winning designs are certainly inspirational. While the gallery does feature male designs, for a less female themed hair post see The World Beard and Moustache Championship from last December.

(Found via Neatorama)

Metal Artist: Steve Cambronne

I love the work of metal artist Steve Cambronne who has been perfecting his craft for the past 20 years. While he started in women's jewerly design, years on the road traveling from one art show to the next has found him designing retro inspired clocks, shelves, and novelty art to name a few. I love the throw back to 1950's and 60's shapes and color.

(Found via Furniture Fashion)

Milk Bottle Collection: Kenneth Keith Kallenbach

Some people collect bottle caps, others collect milk bottles. As is the case with Kenneth Keith Kallenbach; actor comedian, musician, part-time milk bottle collector. The collection is not only impressive, but the design and typography of the bottle labels is fascinating.

(Found via Quipsologies)

The Pikasso Guitar: Linda Manzer

There's no question where the inspiration for The Pikasso came from. Designer Linda Manzer created this double sound-hole, quadruple neck, and 42 string instrument back in 1984 after critically acclaimed jazz musician Pat Metheny asked her to design a guitar with "as many strings as possible." She re-did the design in 1992 creating the Pikasso II, which has been on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Visit Nanzer's website for video and sound samples of The Pikasso.

(Found via TrendHunter)

Scrabble Couches

I love these Scrabble inspired couches designed by Stephen Reed Industrial Design and Alistair Willmott. They can be found in the Bloomberg offices in London. The best part, employees can leave each other playful messages with the cushions. Also, notice the double and triple word score inspired tables. I love it!

(Found via Oddee)

Animals on the Underground

Back in 1988, while Paul Middlewick was standing in front of a London Underground map during a daily trip home from work he noticed something. That something was a elephant, formed out of the tube lines, stations and junctions of the London Underground. Since then, many new animals have been found on the maps. To view the whole collection visit Animals on the Underground.

(Found via It's Nice That)

Embroidered Felt Objects

A while back I received a vintage typewriter from my then-boyfriend as a Christmas gift. As a writer, I can't imagine a more fitting gift. Flickr user Blueblythemonster's felt vintage typewriters completely reminded me of my own. The entire set of Embroidered Felt Objects is pretty impressive.

(Found via Neatorama)

The Center of Something: Chris Rubino

I love the wit in Chris Rubino's upcoming exhibit The Center of Something. The Brooklyn designer's latest work features "an assortment of 'souvenirs' that combine the fantasy of tourism with the realism of actually living" in New York City. I've been to New York City and yes, I bought the shirt, maybe even two of them.

(Found via Josh Spear)

American Burger Coasters

How fun are these coasters by UK company Drinkstuff? Inspired by the american burger, each layer separates as its own coaster. If I ever open a burger joint, these are going on every table.

(Found via Neatorama)

66 Polaroids That Never Existed

French illustrator Julien Pacaud's 66 Polaroids That Never Existed are incredible. I'll let the project speak for itself.

See Through: Helga Steppan

Helga Steppan arranged her belongings by color and then photographed them. The series is ironically titled See Through.

(Found via Creative Review)

Paper Sculptures: Bert Simons

I find Bert Simons' Paper Sculptures intriguing. I'm not sure exactly what, but something is very eerie about them.

(Found via Design Verb)

The Virtual Shoe Museum

The Virtual Shoe Museum is just what the title suggests, an online museum of shoes. The project was started back in 2004 by Liza Snook. You can browse collections via categories including designer, color, style, and material. I have to admit, I'm not really a shoe-girl. Regardless of that fact, I couldn't help but find this fascinating.

Ceramics: Christin Johansson

Christin Johansson is a trained nurse and ceramicist. Her work "challenges the traditionalism of the ceramic trade through her clinical, almost sterile sculptural objects and wares that draw inspiration from hospital and industrial environments." I particularly love her mugs and vases.

(Found via The Style Files)

The Mineral Moon

A beautiful rendering of the mineral content of the moon. The image is a compilation of 53 photographs taken in 1992 by the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft.

"The pictures were recorded through three spectral filters and combined in an exaggerated false-color scheme to explore the composition of the lunar surface as changes in mineral content produce subtle color differences in reflected light. "

The photo is featured as part of Colour Lovers Colors from Outerspace. Visit their blog to view more stunning space photography.

(Found via Colour Lovers)

Food Packaging vs. Food: A Comparative Study

If you've yet to learn that what you see is not always what you get when it comes to food packaging images, the photographs at PUNDO3000 will certainly teach you a thing or two. They've taken 100 comparative photographs of food packaging versus the real product.

(Found via Quipsologies)

A Home For Alice

I've mentioned before in previous posts my love for collaborative photography projects and Polaroids. A Home For Alice is a project that combines the two, and I've fallen in love. After Alice commented on a few posts here at Double Takes, I learned of the project. The concept behind it truly has heart:

"I left home a year ago, and since then, i keep looking for a place to live. A place to feel home. But didn't find it yet. So I had this idea about a world wide art project, simply called "A Home for Alice", where people would send me via post mail a Polaroid picture of their house, along with a little text about why they feel home there."

The submissions are all featured on the project's blog, as well as in an exhibit at the Rosie Gallery in Melbourne, Australia. At the end of the project, the best submissions are going to be compiled in a book. Tomorrow I plan on grabbing my camera and getting a shot of my house, expect it shortly Alice!

Stop...In the Name of Love

Oak Lawn, a Chicago suburb near where I grew up, decided to take a different approach to stressing the importance of obeying stop signs. They added clever slogans to 50 stop signs around the town.

Oak Lawn mayor Dave Heilmann said of the project, "We have to take the work seriously, but it's OK to smile and to be creative in enforcing a serious message." Unfortunately, the Chicago Tribune has reported the signs are coming down, as the Illinois Department of Transportation has determined they violate the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Personally, I think they're great.

(Found via Fogonazos via Sumi Sumi)

Perfectly Timed Photos

This collection of Perfectly Timed Photos proves that some of the best photos are the product of good timing. Some of these are simply amazing while others are downright hysterical.

(Found via Crooked Brians)

Keyboard Cartoon

...because everyone deserves/could use a little laughter on Monday.

(Found via FFFFound)

Bus Home

Bus Home is a bus station in Ventura, California. Dennis Oppenheim, one of many architects and artists who worked on the project said this of the station:

"The work depicts the metamorphosis of a bus becoming a house. This frozen animation of one image into another takes the form of a looping corkscrew entering the ground and coming up again. It slowly transforms from a bus to a house... For the tired and often alienated traveler the experience of waiting wished to be intervened by the realization that the transaction will be complete. The passengers will arrive at their destination. They will arrive home."

I'm so impressed with the concept and artistic consideration put into something as simple as a bus stop. I simply love it! Has anyone else seen anything like this before?

(Found via Crooked Brains)

26 Hand Drawn Websites

Hand drawn websites inspired by personal sketches and handwriting have become an ever growing trend in design. While the idea of having a website appear hand drawn is a complete dissonance, I think it's utterly fantastic and promises a near unique appearance. Inspiredology
has complied a lits of 26 Hand Drawn Websites definitely worth a look.

(Found via Inspiredology)