Original Art With A Side Of Fries. 38 Painted McDonald's Fry Containers by Ben Frost.

Australian artist Ben Frost is known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, mash-up paintings that take inspiration from areas as diverse as graffiti, collage, photorealism and sign-writing.




One of his fun series of works consists of acrylic paintings on McDonald's French Fry packaging. Happy Meal to Super sized, the familiar red and yellow Golden Arches containers feature hand-painted pop culture icons, Super Heroes, images reminiscent of Lichtenstein's pop art, Cartoons, Japanese Manga, Universal Iconography and more.





By subverting mainstream iconography from the worlds of advertising, entertainment and politics, he creates a visual framework that is bold, confronting and often controversial. With a blatant disrespect for the signifiers of our visual culture, Ben creates multi-layered surfaces of refreshing intensity.







About Ben Frost:


He has been exhibiting throughout Australia and internationally over the last 10 years, including solo shows in London, New York and San Francisco, as well as group shows in Beijing, Mongolia, Amsterdam, Berlin and Singapore.

A selected artist for the 2002 Primavera exhibition at the Sydney MCA, Ben was also guest speaker at the 2008 Semi-Permanent and AG IDEAS conferences throughout Australia.

His work has appeared in countless magazines and newspapers including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Oyster, WeAr, Monster Children, Ok!, HQ, Eyeline, Australian Art Collector, Broadsheet, and Art Monthly.  Television appearances include Rush TV 2010 (ABC3), The Apprentice 2009 (channel 9), The Barefoot Investor 2009 (CNBC), Sunrise 2008 (channel 7) and Today Tonight 2008 (channel 7).

In 2006 he co-founded the online art portal StupidKrap.com and also began and runs the international paste-up event ‘Paste Modernism.’

He currently lives in Sydney and operates Stupidkrap Studios, a multi-displinary art collective of 10 established and emerging artists in Annandale.

His work is in the collections of Kerry Stokes, Art Bank, Griffith University and numerous local and international locations.

text and bio from Ben Frost

Ben Frost Is Dead (his official website)

Typographic Furniture. Chairs That Talk And Lamps That Punctuate.

More fun 'Font Furniture' has hit the market. In addition to the Fontables Tables, The Letter Furniture from Set 26,  Saporiti's Letter Bookcases, The Alphabet Chest, Letter Lights, and ABC lamps, you can add Typographia by Tabisso of France to that list. A fabulous furniture collection of letters and numbers, from A to Z and 0 to 9.




The TABISSO® lounge collection consists of chairs including all letters and numbers, a set of floor lamps covering more than 20 punctuation marks, and low tables to complete the set.





Totally fun and innovative with a high-end target in terms of quality, this new furniture concept allows creative solutions blending interior design and communication — ideal for the project market and the planning of corporate, public and private interiors.

The Lounges at SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design):

The Lounges in the Pax Hotel in Switzerland:


The letter forms are upholstered in either Stolz® leather or Kvadrat textiles (Divina 3, Divina Mélange 2, Hot, Lucca 1+2, Tindra, Topas 2) and placed in a wooden shell of European Beechwood that is available in black, white or naturally varnished. The chairs sit atop a metal base that is available in powder coated colors of black or white satin.





Development of custom models to fit your interior, corporate identity or logo, from various fonts, alphabets, pictograms, ideograms and much more are available. Made-to-order in 6 to 8 weeks standard lead-time, along your specifications and 100% Made in France.





TABISSO® cares about sustainability with regards to materials and manufacturing — wood is European and certified from sustainably managed forests, manufacturing is entirely local in France. Socially responsible, a charity program is intended to sponsor basic literacy material to elementary schools in developing countries.








TABISSO
1, Bd Paul Leferme
44600 Saint Nazaire - FRANCE
T. +33 640 585 790
info@tabisso.com

Matchstick Diamond Jewelry Launches In Absolutely Adorable Packaging.

Launched by Britain-born Louise Carter, Matchstick is a new brand of diamond baguette jewelry. The five pieces in the collection, each of which are available in 18k white, yellow or rose gold, include a Boy, a Girl, a Dog, a Small Heart and a Large Heart.




Each represent universal symbols of life to the designer and each piece lives in its own house, a lovely oversized matchbox with sweet line art illustrations.








Shop Matchstick Jewelry here

Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola's Prada Candy L'Eau And A Look Behind The Scenes.

To promote Prada's latest fragrance, Candy de L'Eau, Directors Wes Andersen and Roman Coppola have created a real tale told in three online episodes starring Léa Seydoux.

The Suntro House by Jorge Hernandez de la Garza

Get a load of the stunning and modern Suntro House by Jorge Hernandez de la Garza in Morelos, Mexico.

The Monster Chair For Moooi by Marcel Wanders

A stylish puffy quilted black synthetic leather chair available with or without a fabulous "monster face" sewn into the back. The chair, originally designed in 2010 for Moooi by designer Marcel Wanders is part of a family of seating from Moooi designed by Wanders and comes in two styles, one with a flared and rounded back:






Or in a simple squared off back (shown without the monster face):



Here you can see both styles in situ in the Andaz Hotel dining room:



The chairs have a steel frame, fire retardant synthetic leather upholstery and have been subjected to an abrasion test of >50.000 rubs.


above: Marcel's sketches for the chair

The Monster chair was joined by the Monster barstools in two heights in 2011 and the Boutique Sofa, but neither appears to be available with the whimsical monster face.




On Wanders own site he shows a Monster Pillow (below), but I believe that was never produced:


Moooi
Marcel Wanders

Gun-Shaped Doorknobs Function Like A Real Pistol: Pulling The Trigger Unlocks The Door.

These creative door handles/hardware, designed by Russian product designer Nikita Kovalev of Napalm Design, look and function like a real gun. The Bang Bang handle was inspired by the Makarov Pistol.*  You have to “pull the trigger” to open/unlock the door.