Bela Borsodi

Some fashion/product photography, the anthropomorphism of bags into a suave looking man. With your narrative structure try to push the limits of what can take place and the characters involved.

Robert Voit

In one of Voit's Typological series the photographs depict radio and telephone masts disguised as trees. See more here. With your object project try to think of the inherent yet transient meaning related to objects.

ghanaian coffins

These coffins, made in Accra, Ghana reflect the unfulfilled dreams, and even the trade of the dead person.

The story goes that in the first half of last century one Ata Owoo was well-known for making magnificent chairs to transport the village chief on poles or the shoulders of minions.

When Owoo had finished one particularly elaborate creation, an eagle, a neighbouring chief wanted one too, this time in the shape of a cocoa pod. A major crop in Ghana.

However, the chief next door died before the bean was finished and so it became his coffin.

Then in 1951, the grandmother of one of Owoo's apprentices died.

She had never been in an aeroplane, so he built her one for her funeral, and the 50 year old tradition was born.

Objectified

Objectified is a feature-length documentary film examining the role of everyday objects, and the people who design them, in our daily lives. The film is directed by Gary Hustwit, who was also responsible for the film Helvetica. Something very worth while watching in the light of your current project

Pablo Reinoso

Maarten Bass

Surrounded by all kinds of objects,
Baas created an assemblage, in which
all objects gained a new function. A
chair became a bookshelf; a lampshade
became a vase, a violin a coat rack.
For this design, Baas collaborates
with several second hand stores in
the region of Eindhoven, saving products
from the rubbish container which could
not be sold in the shop. Since the
products are always different, every
“Hey, chair be a bookshelf!” is a
unique piece. The often weak second
hand products are reinforced by
polyester and coated by hand, in a
Poly-Urethane coating.

find more here.

Dunne and raby

A collection of 'adult' furniture for the Medici Gardens in Rome. see it and other work here.

Afghan War Rugs

Keeping the war theme Afghan war rugs include hand woven images from both the Soviet and the current ongoing conflict. Little is know as to why the locals produce them, but they certainly change the warm and homely meaning of a rug. look here for the Fyke collection of rugs online.

Gold plated weapons

Keeping the gold theme, during the war in Iraq a collection of gold weapons belonging to Sadam Hussein was found, harking back to a time when materials of warfare and decoration were considered at the same time; in turn changing the connotations of the object.

Daniel Eatock

Gold Bic Pen Cap
solid gold, cast from the cap of a Bic pen

'By replacing the cap of a standard Bic pen with a cast gold replica, this ubiquitous, generic writing implement is aligned with aspirations of luxury and trophies of academic and corporate achievement. It transforms the Bic pen it covers from a disposable tool into a hybrid carrier of value its owner might not want to misplace.'

Daniel Eatock's work ranges from high end commercial graphic design to what could almost be classed as pure art practice. Objects are a continued theme in many of his projects. see more here.

Picasso