Crazy Junkyard

The 20 foot high by 13 foot wide replica of the painting was created with 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk. Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney , Australia. The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades. Each cup of coffee was used as one pixel in the image and had varying amounts of milk in it to give it a different shade, from white to black and it took 8 people 3 hours to create it. This is an amazing portrayal of the Mona Lisa and amazing art made from non-traditional mediums.

“Junk artist” Gabriel Dishaw has re-imagined the Nike Blazer, complete with box using scrapped circuit boards, copper wire and other technology refuse. It’s the latest addition to his shoe series, which also includes a Dunk and Terminator. With this piece is to create a complete piece with both box and shoe notice some of the details, shoes lock down inside of box for easy portability, he also tied this piece around a theme, “Pentium”, the name of Intel’s chips. You will notice this repeated through out the shoes, and box.

The Italian based company Coolors is specializing in colored refrigerators, household furnishings, panels and customizations for the interior. Coolors takes kitchen aesthetic to a new level,use of a special silk screening procss turns average furnishings into art. With Coolors’ silk screening process, the fridge becomes a unique work of art, featuring images and colors to suit your individual sense of style. Converting your favorite vacation photo into a work of art by one of their masters, you now can ornament your appliances and take them from drab to fab.

The Spaghetti Lounge Chair and Ottoman from PIE, handmade of liana vine skin and rattan frame, this piece is a functional work of art.

The multi-functional piece serves as a trivet, a spaghetti measure, and a counter top decoration when not in use. The Noooodle is a chrome trivet with a twist. It quite literally is twisted; twisted in such away that it creates loops that measure 1,2, 3 or 4 potions of spaghetti.

Pablo Reinoso has created this bench being partly a normal bench and partly spaghetti. And the result is rather amazing.

Two pieces of bent polymer fused into closed loops are joined to a metal base to form the “Toeloop Chair.” Mario Stadelmann, a Swiss-born London-based designer, is the man behind the vision.

This spaghetti vase is by Gaetano Pesce.

They may not be edible, but these noodle-inspired designer chairs certainly are artistically drool-worthy.

This flower inspired Bloom chair is designed by Kenneth Cobonpue. Bloom chair is spectacular, it really looks like a flower and still looks comfortable. It is created from microfiber stitched overtop resin with a steel base. The Bloom, one of Kenneth Cobonpue’s newest designs, has just won the Coup de Coeur (Best Product) presented by HOME Magazine at the Maison et Objet 2009.

Prickly pair chairs are unique design by valentina glez wohlers mexican born london based designer. The chairs juxtapose mexican and european aesthetics, incorporating the formal design elements and quirks of both to create a cultural blend. The Nopal cactus symbolizes Mexican heritage and national pride. The blend of these cultures is evident in this ‘matching’ pair of chairs.Valentina, who has been featured in numerous design magazines from Russia to Australia, will be showing her work this week at Designersblock London 2009.

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The art of creating these beautifully decorated shrubs is actually called topiary.People take something ordinary, and transform it into something extraordinary. In this collection, we take a look at some cool bush sculptures that have come to life in the shape of animals.

400 red umbrellas suspended over the new pedestrian mall in the city of Talca to create a visual impression of the inhabitants of a city in which it is uncommon to see daring displays in public spaces. The project is done by students Jaime Latorre and Pablo Retamal of the 5th Year Architecture Workshop under the guidance of Professor Juan Román at the University of Talca’s School of Architecture. The project, which had a the total budget of  26 million dollars, didn’t have any functional reason not even to provide a stepping stone shelter, but rather was just done to make people think differently about landscapes by adding a new layer of experience to it. Anyway, the visual effect of the Red Umbrella Project is huge, inspiring and remarkable as well, although the budget might have been a little less.