Modern Squash by Christoph Niemann (And The Originals On Which they Were Based)

Here's a little eye candy...er, vegetable, for you. I came across this fun image created by illustrator Christoph Niemann for the New York Times and wanted to share it with you, along with the originals that it represents.

The image features mid century modern furniture classics, architecture - even a famous architect in his iconic eyewear - by well known designers crafted from squash and gourds.

In case you are unfamiliar with the originals that inspired them, I have culled them for you here.

1. Hang-it-All by Charles and Ray Eames, 1953


2. PH 4/3 Lamp by Poul Hennigsen, 1966


3. TWA Terminal in New York by Eero Saarinen, 1962


4. Philip Johnson (1906-2005)

above portrait by Luca Vignelli

5. La Chaise by Charles and Ray Eames, 1948


6. The Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen, 1958


7. The Swan Chair by Arne Jacobsen, 1958



Christoph is best known for his work for the New Yorker Magazine. You can see more of his wonderful work at his website here.

Belgian Chocolate Bumholes. That's Right... Edible Anus.

Founded in 2004, they're not new, but they've been making the rounds on the web, so I'll follow suit and jump on the butthole bandwagon.

Nibble, Nibble Little Mouse. Who's Nibbling On My Sugar Greenhouse? Caramel Solarium By William Lamson.

Commissioned by Storm King for their 2012 Light and Landscape show, a show in which fourteen artists used natural light as an essential artistic material, this isolated hillside greenhouse actually has 162 amber-tinted windows made of caramelized sugar.




William Lamson baked the caramelized sugar into the windows of Solarium, tinting each a unique amber shade.





All plants create sugars through photosynthesis; those inside Solarium use light that has been filtered through sugars, a circular process. Weather permitting, Solarium is designed to be viewed from afar, where it appears as a jewel-like object, and from within, for the experience of its unusual plays of light.







William describes the project as follows:
"Like a mountain chapel or Thoreau’s one-room cabin, Solarium references a tradition of isolated outposts designed for reflection. Each of the 162 panels is made of sugar cooked to different temperatures and then sealed between two panes of window glass. The space functions as both an experimental greenhouse, growing three species of miniature citrus trees, and a meditative environment. In warm months, a 5x8 ft panel on each side of the house opens up to allow viewers to enter and exit the house from all directions. In addition to creating a pavilion like environment, this design references the architecture of a plant leaf, where the stomata opens and closes to help regulate the plants temperature. Set within the open the landscape, the house functions as a hybrid sanctuary at once evoking a plant conservatory, a chapel, and zen garden."


Materials: Steel, glass, sugar and plants
Dimensions: 10' 10" x 8' 11" x 10' 3 3⁄8 in. (330.2 x 271.8 x 313 cm)

William Lamson discusses the creation of Solarium, on view in Storm King's South Fields. Film by Kate Barker-Froyland:


images courtesy of William Lamson, Storm King and This is Colossal
A special shout out to Laughing Squid who brought this cool project to my attention.

Zombie Easter Bunny and Zombie Bunny Lollipops.

Think Geek's Chocolate Zombie Bunny and Zombie Bunny Lollipops are sure to be a favorite amongst flesh-eating zombie-loving adults and children this coming Easter Holiday. What better way to celebrate the Lord's rising from the dead than to indulge in Undead Bunnies?



Chocolate Zombie Bunny



The Zombie Bunny is made from 8 ounces of solid white chocolate.
$15.99
Buy it here


Zombie Bunny Lollipops



The Zombie Bunny lollipops, which come in a set of four, have variations in the zombie bunny blood spatter color, as they are all hand poured.

• Set of four lollipops for you to eat or share (each is individually wrapped to help with sharing).
• Each pop looks like a zombie bunny, but tastes like cotton candy.
• Net Wt: approx. 4oz.
• Dimensions: approx. 2.125" x 3.5" x 0.25" (just the edible part).

$9.99
Buy them here

Kama Sutra Cookies, Cookie Cutters and Lovesick Recipes

These gingerbread cookies are probably not what your grandmother made for the holiday season, unless you've got a very liberal granny. Designed by Swedish company Pipparkakan, the Kama Sutra cookie cutters were actually made way back in 2007 and were featured on Gizmodo, and lots of other gadget and nerd sites. But I never saw a finished product until Taxi posted the pic shown above.



Whereas a few years ago, they were carried in many online stores, now they are nerly impossible to find, but you can order them from Pipparkakan directly.



The cutters come in 2 different boxes with 4 different cutters in each, which means that if you order both boxes you will have 8 different shapes.

One box including tax and shipping within Europe costs 325 SEK or 35 EUR.
One box including tax and shipping outside Europe costs 350 SEK or $55 USD.

They use PayPal. Shipping through regular Swedish Postal Service, approx 4-6 days from payment for Europe and US. Australia 5-9 days.

This is How to Order your Pipparkaka:

• Send an e-mail to order@pipparkakan.se

• Write your name and address and phone number and tell us which box that tickles you. The Black Silk or the Raspberry Purple, you can always order both.

• When you have placed your order you will get an e-mail from PayPal with a grateful request for payment, it will be sent to the e-mail address you used while placing the order. The box is sent to you as soon as payment has been received.

Enjoy a lustful cooking experience and bon appetit! And here's two Lovesick Recipes from them:

Kinky Glacé

1,5-2 dl icing sugar
Water
Oil
Baking colour

Pour the icing sugar into a small bowl. Carefully fill up with water so that it covers a centimeter over the sugar. Let rest for a while and then pour out the water that has not been absorbed by the sugar. Stir so that the glace is smooth and even.

If you want a shinier glace you just add a few drops of oil.

You can distribute the glace into more bowls and add cooking colour to get more colours to decorate with.

Then just use your imagination. Garters, hand cuffs and whips, a pipparkaka is not shy of anything, let the lust flow!


Pipparkaka dough ca 150

350 g butter
4 hg sugar
3 dl syrup
1 table spoon grinded ginger
1 tea spoon grinded cinnamon
1 tea spoon grinded clove
1 table spoom bicarbonate
3 dl whipped cream
1,5 kg flour

Stir melted butter, sugar and syrup to a nice mixture. Mix an elixir of love from the spices. Pour down the spice mix into the mixture and stir.

Whip the cream into a hard foam and pour down a little at the time.

Mix the bicarbonate with most of the flour and pour it into the mixture, knead into a steady dough. (Of course you can use various tools for this)

Wrap the dough into foil and let the love grow cool during the night... let the shapes inspire you in how to spent your time...

When the night is over, just do it! (Also the baking) Take some dough at the time and roll out large with a rolling pin to desired thickness, it does matter! The thinner, the harder... Dip the cutters in a bit of flour. Push the pipparkakor out of the flat dough and put on cold baking tins.

Grease or cover with baking paper and cook in the middle of the oven during 4-5 minutes at 200°C. Let the hot cookies cool off for a couple of minutes before you let yourself get seduced.

Interested in buying pipparkaksformar for your store? Please contact them at info@pipparkakan.se or call Susanne Burelo at +46 730-340 222

Like bad taste cookie cutters?
Then check out these:

 Fetal Bites, fetus shaped cookie cutters.



Crucifixion Cookie Cutters:

Mark Rothko Paintings Recreated In Colored Rice by Henry Hargreaves.

As an homage to legendary modern artist Mark Rothko, Henry Hargreaves has recreated six of Rothko's modern paintings using colored uncooked rice kernels and calling the series Mark Rice-Ko.







About The Artist:
Henry Hargreaves is a New Zealand still life, art and fashion photographer working out of his studio in Brooklyn, NYC.

His life long love of taking photos took an unexpected turn when he was spotted traveling through South East Asia and was whisked off to Europe to work as a high end fashion model. After 4 years on the other side of the camera and the catwalk he gave it up to pursue his own creative pursuits.

He has since established himself as a full time photographer known for fun, creative, provocative and memorable images. He has created a wide spectrum of work be it for commercial clients like Ralph Lauren, Sagmeister and Walsh, GQ, V, Esquire, New York Magazine or in personal projects like 3DD, a 3D Celebration of Breasts, The Death Row Last Meal series, Bacon Alphabet or the Edible Subway. What unites his work is his restless and curious mind, a fascination with the unusual or quirky and a desire to see how photography can illuminate the world and spark conversation.

Glamour Girls Who Will Give you Gas (or Steamy Cabbage) by Ju Duoqi.

Born in Chongqing in 1973, and a graduate of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Ju Duoqi (shown above) is Chinese artist and photographer who first started working with vegetables in 2006. In 2008 she created a series of reproductions of classic painting reproductions using vegetables called 'The Vegetable Museum' and then, in 2010, this hilarious series "The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage." The project consisted of 18 portraits  of pin-up girls and beautiful women made entirely out of green cabbage (the images that appear to use red cabbage are simply altered/inverted).


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 01, 2010
Aima
Size A: 150x120cm Edition:5
Size B: 100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 02, 2010
Ben
Size A: 150x120cm Edition: 5
Size B: 100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 03, 2010
Coco
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 04, 2010
Gaga
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 05, 2010
Guanyin
Size A: 150x120cm Edition:5
Size B: 100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 06, 2010
Lili
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 07, 2010
Oo
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 08, 2010
Mimi (After Marilyn)
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 09, 2010
Nowa
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 10, 2010
Nana
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 11, 2010
Susan
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 12, 2010
Wowo
Size A:150x120cm Edition:5
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 13, 2010
An
Size A:100x80cm Edition:12


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 14, 2010
Sara
Size A:100x80cm Edition:12


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 15, 2010
Loli
Size A:100x80cm Edition:12
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage - 16, 2010
Vivi
Size A:100x80cm Edition:12
Size B:100x80cm Edition:7


About Ju Duoqi:
She won the First Prize of Art Creativity category at China International Ecosystem Photography Festival in 2009 and her works has been published by the Guardian (UK), the Independent (UK), the Sun (UK), Publico (PT), Le Monde.fr (FR), Actuphoto (FR), Courrier International (FR), das Bild (GER), Muyt Interessante (SPAIN), the Irish Times (IR), Daily Times (Pakistan), Panorama (IT), Wall Street Journal (US), Yahoo!News, I LOOK (CN), China Daily (CN), Chip Foto-Video Digital, Photographers Companion, China Photo magazine, Life Week and Xinhua News Agency.
all images courtesy of the artist