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Ditch the fancy paint job and consider covering your ride with fluffy popcorn. That’s what a few art students from The Braunschweig University of Art were recently thinking, when they covered a Volkswagen with popcorn.
Whether the car has completely been consumed by birds yet, we’re not sure, but each kernel was adhered to the VW with hot glue gun. It just needs a buttering every few months.
As if eight-dollar, Helvetica-laden bottles of juice weren’t easy enough to make fun of, artist Josh Kline has taken it a step further.
Officially-titled Skittles, Kline’s art installation is an industrial refrigerator stocked with juice bottles. But rather than ingredients that are macro, organic, and the such — these bottles are a commentary on contemporary lifestyles.
A bottle of Nightlife, for instance, contains Coke Zero, octopus ink, Raid, Davidoff Cool Water, and bath salts. Based in Manhattan, there’s also some shade to be thrown at Brooklyn, with Williamsburg Juice containing credit card, American Apparel, kale chips, kombucha, microbrew, quinoa, and agave.
Skittles was part of Archeo outdoor exhibit, appearing at the High Line in Manhattan.
“Each smoothie stands as a portrait of a different contemporary lifestyle. When grouped together, they evoke a landscape of aspiration, taste, and – at times – deprivation in a metropolis like New York City.”
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Rather than fill up his blue recycling tub with cans, artist Makaon reuses his empties, converting them into pop culture characters.
From a beer can Vader to aluminum Woody and Buzz — cans are cut and shaped into the characters, while using the can’s existing color pattern to perfection.
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Patrons of east London’s The Corner Shop looking for a snack or magazine might be a little disappointed. Unless they were looking for adorable hand-sewn replicas of these products, in which case, they’ll be pretty psyched.
Brought to us by artist Lucy Sparrow, the rescued convenience store is completely stocked with about 4000 fluffy items. Each product hand-sewn by Sparrow, including the cash register.
The Corner Shop is open for business until August 31st, with items also available online.
There’s a reason why some foods are packaged in opaque cans and boxes. Artist Tom Davie was out to prove this with Bottled Food — a project that rethinks food packaging by placing the product in transparent bottles.
The result is what some might refer to as “too much information,” causing us to actually think about what really lurks behind that aluminum can or cardboard box, before we pluck it from the supermarket shelf.
At least there’s a straw included, just in case we’d like our SpaghettiOs right from the bottle.
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