Funzige Box

ABOUT

Funzige Box is a project by illustrator Funs Janssen (Funzig). The project tells a story about himself and to tell this story he made a box containing all sorts of tools to make prints. People can participate and use the tools inside the box such as a stamp and silkscreen to create their own Funzig illustrations. The main illustration which is made with the silkscreen is a bear, which is symbolic for himself. In addition to this people can add claws for instance with a rolling stamp and people then take their own customized illustration home with them.

CREATOR

Funzig, a studying illustrator at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam is an illustrator who mostly works analogue because of his fascination with crafts. He mostly uses black and white with sometimes the addition of one other colour. Funzig – which is a derivative for his name – means vulgar and he likes to search for the border of which can and cannot be done.  Vulgarity is often incorporated in his illustrations as small details.

RULES/RESTRICTIONS

People can only use the ready-made tools but can choose between three colours. The silk screen print and the stamps can be made with different levels of pressure, and the rolling stamp can be used in different ways. The stamps can of course be placed anywhere on the paper. The print can also be customized by choosing which colour is stamped/printed first, the paint is partly transparent.

COMMENTS

The nice thing about this project is that people can actually make the print of an illustrator, something that is not common. Normally an illustration or print can only be bought. In this way Funzig enables people to participate in his process and in this way learn more about him.

Pictures belong to: Funzig

Designed by Animals

 

ABOUT

Front is a Stockholm based design studio. For the Designed by Animals collection they asked animals for help and they gladly lent a paw, helping to create objects like coat hangers, lamps and vases.

 

CREATOR

The design studio – consisting of three women; Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken and Anna Lindgren – bases designs on common discussions and experiments collaborating with themselves from beginning ‘till the finished product. They often assign external labourers such as animals, computers or explosions, making the products – and in this instance the collection – collective.

 

RULES/RESTRICTIONS

All products are different. The only thing they have in common are that they are made of the same material with the help of animals. Of course the animals have no idea that they are designing and so they just do what they do normally creating different objects every time. The collection keeps its form because the basic things the animals do are the same, just performed a little differently each time. The designers can stop the designing process at any time when they are satisfied and start finishing the product.

 

COMMENTS
I really love this project since I have been wanting to do a similar project myself, using the behaviour of animals as labour as a means of production. Though I think this project could have been made more interesting by making it less simple for themselves. For instance the paws of dogs creating vases is very literal, I think that is just a beginning stage of what it could be if they develop more on this.

Rijksstudio

ABOUT

The Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands is digitalising their collection in high resolution for everyone to download and use in any way without having to ask permission. This is because the copyright of these works have been expired and they feel that everyone should have access to these art pieces.

 

CREATOR

The platform is created by the Rijksmuseum with Bankgiro Loterij and Cultuurloterij as sponsors. The platform is for open use and every day the Rijksstudio adds photographs. The collection of people making things grows as long as they are using the service.

 

RULES/RESTRICTIONS

There are no rules and restrictions. You do not even need to sign in to download the published photographs and no permission is needed to use it even for commercial use. The only thing that is notable is that some are not available for commercial use because the copyright is not completely expired.

 

COMMENTS

I am in love this idea. Art should be for everyone and even though the pictures are made by photographs, they don’t use the copyright which should then actually be on their pictures. They put a lot of effort into it and don’t ask for anything in return. I think this is a beautiful gesture towards open design and the people of the Netherlands. I would really like to use this platform in one of my designs one day and see what possibilities it holds.

 

LINKS

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksstudio/

Fun Food Plates

 

ABOUT:
Melamine plates with images of fun scenes and characters made from healthy foods to encourage children to have a healthy attitude towards eating.

ARTIST:
Rachel Froud

RULES/RESTRICTIONS:
– Round plates
– Attractive to children
– Healthy foods

COMMENTS:
I really like the funny attitude of this collection. I would totally buy them for my child if I had one! It makes healthy food much more fun. Hope the kids won’t go play with their own food during dinner!

LINKS:
http://www.artsthread.com/portfolios/funfoodplates/

Theo Jansen |Strandbeest

3D Mini Strandbeest

ABOUT:

This is a miniature ‘beast’ made by 3D printer, it can walk by itself when the wind blows.
Because it is 3D printed, people all over the world can make their own beast.

CREATOR:

Theo Jansen is a dutch artist, 25 years ago he invented his first Strand beast ( this creatures can walk along the beach by themselves)
The insane big creatures where made of tubes and pet-bottles and he invented a technique  and a method  so the creatures can walk
by themselves.  Theo Jansen loves his creatures and he sees them as real animals. He made the DNA of the beasts but he dears people all over the world to use his DNA to make their own beasts.  This project is his life and before he will die he want to invent a technique so the creatures can really live by their own and don’t need humans anymore.

RULES /RESTRICTIONS

– Use the method Theo invented, (make it better)

– The beast should walk by only using wind

– 3D printed / made from tubes and pet bottles

COMMENT

I really like this project, and i met him last quarter for the practice hacking, his enthousiasm is so nice to see and he can tell so much about his project.  The beasts are really big and the can really walk along the beach by themselves, i think that is so cool.
The  think i really like about this project is  that he shares his knowledge about the beasts and that he gives his ‘ DNA’ to people all over the world so they can also make their own.

LINKS

http://www.strandbeest.com/shop/index.php