From the category archives:
Products made from recycled goods often look tacky or junky—but this street sign briefcase by artist Tripp Gregson is certainly an exception. The exterior features imagery from lawfully salvaged traffic signs while the interior comes complete with organizer / file pockets and a laptop compartment. If only I could get my hands on one made from a “Speed Hump” sign.
Product Page ($250)
Remember the Doctor’s absurdly long scarf? Sure you do. It is an icon—the be-all-and-end-all of scarfdom. Believe it or not, there is an entire site devoted to the history of this 20 foot long, multicolored beast—and it includes patterns for several versions of the scarf used during the series. So, if you have some handy knitting skills, you can make your own. Or, as the site suggests, purchase a pre-made version found on sites like eBay.
Dr Who Scarf and eBay via Retro Thing
The Spontaneous Picnic Dress is a concept piece by Reddish Design that allows you to plop down and enjoy a picnic no matter where you are. However, in order to be truly spontaneous, there would have to be food ready to go at all times. I don’t even want to think about where you would put it (or maybe I do).
Project Page (via Likecool)
Professors at Durham University in England are attempting to prevent young med students from emotionally detaching themselves from their patients—and they believe that using an “Incision Gown” can help. The silk gown features 9 zips that illustrate where surgeons make incisions in the body for various surgical procedures.
The benefits are two-fold—students wear the gown as a reminder that they may be a patient someday, and it also functions as a learning tool. Plus, it has potential to be the latest hot trend in fashion this year.
(Daily Mail via medGadget)
This fashion monstrosity was puked out of the sick mind of artist Walter Van Beirendonck. The shirt reproduces his actual chest hair in a stretch fit t-shirt. The work, entitled “Finally Chest Hair” was created in 1997, but it was recently featured in an exhibition entitled “Vreemde Dingen” (Strange Things) at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Pair it with the pubes suit and you are ready for a night on the town.
(Daily Serving via Loopy Rocket via about:blank)
Behold Glenn Jones’ “Dark Side of the Garden” t-shirt. Now that is what I call random. But not as random as the image available after the break…
Designed by Ebru Kurbak and Mahir M. Yavuz, the “News Knitter” is a data visualization project that starts as news gathered from the Internet. The information is then transformed into a random pattern and knitted onto a sweater. Basically, It is just as crazy as a Cosby sweater, but it is a lot cooler. Too bad it is only a design project and not an actual product. Additional images are available after the break.
This Classic NES Controller necklace was handmade by Sarah Lynne of Sarah Lynne Designs, and it features a double sided layout with an elegant cherry blossom branch on the reverse. It is the perfect way to both flaunt and conceal your geekyness depending on the situation.
Product Page ($45 —made to order)
This “Corporate Adam and Eve” design by costume artist Adelle Lutz features flesh colored clothing accessorized with some appropriately placed (and severely knappy) pubes. I’m sure the Victoria Secret line of pubewear is already in the works.
Product Page (art piece – via about:blank)
