Pumpkin Carving Continues To Grow Even Geekier

Above, clockwise from upper left: nerd pumpkins include a nod to Mac OS, Mario of Mario Brothers video games, The Pi symbol, and a Space Invader from the video game of the same name.

All Hallow's Eve (aka Halloween) always brings out the geek in everyone, especially when it comes to carving pumpkins. Being a geek myself, I carve my pumpkins each year in the shape of my dog (without a stencil), and turn them into Halloween cards, two of which are shown below.



More and more carving pumpkins seem to be inspired by technology and sci-fi. Each year tons of pictures are uploaded to flickr, sent to Wired magazine and blogged about by tech nerds everywhere.

Below is an impressive collection 'Star Wars' inspired pumpkins from 2007 (you really should click on the image to enlarge it):



And , of course, the Death Star pumpkin:

Wanna carve your own death star pumpkin? here's a tutorial for you.

I was sent a round up of carved jack o' lanterns that would appeal to the tech set, sci-fans or just plain 'geeks' from reader Eran Abramson that are worth taking a peek at. It's clear he found several from last year's WIRED magazines "show us your geeky pumpkins" contest (which, by the way, received over 2000 entries).

Why people are carving internet browsers and feed reader icons into pumpkins, I'll never know, but they clearly are:


Above: RSS, internet explorer logo and firefox logo's carved into pumpkins

Wanna see more? Read the full post of Eran's 34 Geeky Pumpkins here.

Like carving pumpkins? check out these ongoing carving pumpkin contests:

Yanko Design and Lubix:


Serious Eats and Viking Knives.


Crunch Gear's Jack O'Lantern carving contest


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Met Home Hooks Up With Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz For A New Accessories Collection

For the first time, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz for the Metropolitan Home Collection has been working with Phillips Collection to create a home accessories line.



In developing a collection for Phillips, Benjamin expanded his vision of interiors as a still-life and created accessories as sculptural pieces. The collection, which varies from small candle holders to full scale "golden trees," reinforces Metropolitan Home's vision of contemporary modern living. Inspired by forms and colors found in nature, Benjamin expresses his taste for sensual imaginative shapes through many of his pieces, which seem almost animated.



The collection has recently been revealed at the showroom in Las Vegas Market. The new accessories line is gradually exposed to the public from showrooms to public retailers nationwide. More information will be available soon, but here's a sneak peek for you!


Flying tea light holder:


Anemone vases:


Dripping ceramic trays:


Tables and stools:



Phillips Collection is known for their well-made, luxury art and furniture pieces and is available to the trade only.


Update: Sadly, Metropolitan Home, ceased publishing in December 2009.

Joshua Hoffine Brings Your Nightmares To Life In His Beautiful Horror Photography

In honor of the upcoming Halloween holiday, I wanted to share with you the ghoulish photography of 35 year old Joshua Hoffine of Missouri.




Don't let his boyish looks deceive you, he's definitely dark. Designing sets that emulate small movies, he artfully brings horror to the medium of photography.

By capturing every fear and phobia from monsters under your bed and lurking under the stairs to spiders, zombies, cockroaches and clowns. I get the heebie-jeebies just uploading the pics!

All the prints shown below are available for purchase in 2 sizes on his website.










Purchase the prints and see his portfolio here.
Joshua's myspace page


Read his horror blog here

Modern Mosaic Art For Interiors, Tubs, Lamps & Rugs: SICIS - The Art Factory

With showrooms in Milan and New York, SICIS The Art Factory does things with mosaics for both residential and commercial spaces that are contemporary, fun, elegant, functional and frankly, unmatched.