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Designer and artist Idan Friedman of Israel's Reddish Studio has created a series of portraits embossed on aluminum foil pans. All the people featured in "Ordinary People and Disposable Objects" are part of his everyday life, ranging from close friends to passers-by.
As viewed when exhibited:
all images courtesy of the artist
Special thanks to Annals of America for bringing these to my attention
Reddish Studio
above: the 100$ bill redesigned by Sean Fermoyle
Make Your Franklin is an online community art project devised by French designers Vincent Desdoigts, Martin Joubert and Etienne Lecorre, that allows anyone to design their own version of the United States 100$ bill. They are asking for you to recreate the money with a symbol of modern society.
above: my own lame contribution to the project, Luche Ben (mask courtesy of Mask Maniac)
All you have to do is download the template (a gigantic jpeg of the C-note) and start designing. Then you can upload your finished Benjamin to their online gallery. They simply ask that it be no larger than 7300 x 3000 pixels and no smaller than 1000 x 411 pixels.
Some people have gone all out and created viable and beautiful alternatives to the paper currency, while others (myself included) just had some fun defacing ol' Mr. Franklin with icons and imagery reflective of trendy and popular culture (e.g Disney, Mona Lisa, KISS, etc).
above: bills with popular iconography like Paul Stanley's KISS make-up and Leonardo DaVinci's Mona Lisa, by Molle William and Loic Bel respectively, were amongst the designs submitted
The site has clearly been very popular given that their server was predominantly down yesterday because of traffic.
Here's a few of the bill redesigns from their online gallery, selected at the time this post was written. I'm sure many more terrific designs have since been submitted.
First, some seriously beautiful redesigns of the $100 bill:
Alexandre Manet Pikartzo:
Christelle Mozzati:
Julien Benayt:
Hugo Lecrux:
Arinin Evgeny:
And some funny money:
Two versions of Mickey Money by Didier Gerardin:
Paul Schuler gave it a complete Khadafi overhaul:
A Pink Floyd reference from Thomas Fontaine:
An homage to Darth Vader by Sylvain Weiss:
Agathe Teubner brings the American Eagle to life:
Some colorful currency from Martin Joubert:
Cedric Bariou asks Why So Serious? with his joker version:
Dekker Dryer's Monopoly Money:
Superhero C-note from Arlam:
Wasted Rita's take on a song we all know:
Vivien Cormier's illustrated version:
Fabio Maiorana cleverly gave Ben some time off:
and Cabanes' toxic money:
Bouton Bleue punks it up:
and a lovely minimal take on it from Burkhardthauke:
Give it a try or just view the gallery of submitted designs at Make your Franklin.
Now you can dress up your Sharpie and other disposable pens* with these marker cases from the Paradise Pen Company.
above image courtesy of Cheftalk
The Sherpa™ is a unique pen shell that holds a variety of disposable pens and markers including Sharpie®, Pilot® pen, uni-ball® pens and Accent® highlighters. It comes in 22 different styles for you to enjoy. Each Sherpa™ is designed with an innovative cap to keep the color of your marker or pen bold and fresh every time.
Here are a few of their available styles:
Custom Corporate versions like those shown below are also available:
*other pens that work with the Sherpa
The Sherpa™ was developed by the Paradise Pen Company, headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Buy the Sherpa here
Mini plastic animal heads become whimsical wall racks and/or jewelry holders when mounted on black walnut, white oak or long leaf yellow pine planks salvaged from cabinetry shops and old warehouses. Handmade in Brooklyn, New York by designer Steph Mantis.
The Pack Rack™ jewelry hanger:
Wall-mount ready. Screws not included.
Designed: 2010
10 x 1.5 x 5/8"
$58 each. Buy them here
The Other Ends
So what did she do with the back ends of these animals? She's turned their butts into magnets!:
The plastic animal butts are mounted on rare earth magnets and are sold in sets of 7. They measure approximately 1" - 2" with 1/4" diameter.
Plastic Animal Butt magnets:
Magnet pull strength: 1.15 lbs
Package measures 4x7"
Weighs less than 4 oz.
$20 a pack, buy them here
