Camille Rose Garcia has re-imagined the classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in an appropriately creepy, yet incredibly cute way. All of Garcia’s work is uniquely appealing and she did not disappoint with these illustrations. The characters are expressive and charming with the potential of being viscous, much like the Other Mother in the film Coraline. As of March 6th, there’s an exhibit of Garcia’s Alice work at the Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles where originals from the book will be displayed.
A handful of Ukrainian designers form the Bob Basset team who specializes in creating unique leather art. Most of their work consists of steampunk styled masks, gas masks, goggles and bracers, but the list certainly doesn’t end there. They’ve been experimenting with items that are wearable and functional, the best example is their Leather Transformer Bag, which can be worn as a vest, used as a tote, or worn like a backpack. While these pieces may not be of much use to you in the post-apocalypse, their bad ass factor will gain you the envy of all your friends.
CARGA’s architectural design style is heavily influenced by construction techniques using fabrics and hardware parts. No visible branding can be seen apart from a steel disc embossed with a unique serial number. Each bag is constructed out of industrial felt secured by aluminum rivets.
The ChopShop has teamed up with WellDone to provide clean water to those throughout the developing world who need it most – one awesome t-shirt at a time. The designers at Chop Shop worked closely with the WellDone team to highlight the various facets of the global water crisis through the visualization of 27 striking water statistics. The icons paint a picture that remind us that we must both conserve earth’s most precious resource, while working to improve clean water access to those most in need. Never has looking this good, done so much good.
WellDone was launched in 2007 by a group of young professionals, committed to utilizing their collective talents to help provide safe water to communities in need. Since its inception, WellDone has seen through the the implementation of six clean water projects throughout rural Ghana, and is currently expanding efforts throughout Africa and beyond. To learn more, please visit www.welldone.org
Special thanks goes to Quist Industries for donating all the printing. Quist does a large amount of Chop Shop’s printing and is always top notch. They are like the Apple Computers of tshirt screen printing. Check out their site at quistindustries.com, which also happens to be a The Chopping Block production.
The MicroNickel will completely encapsulate the Micro SD memory card, having capacities of up to 16 gigs. This device is precision manufactured from actual coins, and is indistinguishable from a solid coin to the naked eye! Memory card not included. Rad!
An amazing group of designers have teamed up to create Purpose Restore and together they bring incredible one of a kind furniture. They start with boring, old pieces and turn them into something fresh and cutting edge. Through their custom design services they are trying to spread the word that old furniture doesn’t necessarily need to be thrown away, it just needs a face-lift. Since green living is a popular trend these days, this company is showing us that reusing old furniture doesn’t need to look secondhand.
It’s hard to believe that Caitlin Hackett creates these stunning pieces using water colors, ballpoint pens, colored pencils and seemingly anything else she can get her hands on. Just because she uses simple every day materials does not mean that her art is anything less than a masterpiece. She plays with the line between humans and animals, creating new creatures all together.
The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface aims to improve the detection and decoding of brain signals acquired by electroencephalogram (EEG). To this end the research focusses on new sensor technology, improved understand of the brain and the analysis of brain waves using modern machine learning methods.
