We also stopped off at KK Outlet's 'Object Abuse' exhibition. It was really cool to see what the artists/designers did with their brief to 'remould, rebuild and repurpose' an everyday object. There were some great inventions that came out of this:
Dominic Wilcox's Paintbrush hooks - usually it's irritating when you leave your brush in glue and ruin it, but he's managed to turn it useful:
A less sporty use of a racket:
Recycle-friendly cycling mask
Wilfred Wood's (great name) handlebar chandelier
Atomic
But my favourite has to be the TV Cabinet-turned-Mechanical Screen Printer by Matthew Tully
I'm trying to remember where I came across this printing chair recently, I think it was another blog, but it's by this same guy a set/prop designer/maker based in the east midlands:
The little zine of making instructions is worth getting, then you can make all these for yourself:
