Artist: Anastassia Elias

Artist Anastassia Elias has created a collection of dioramas made using only toilet paper tubes; these are featured in her book, Rouleaux, which consists of 67 images of a variety of her work completed between 2009-2012.

Artist: Matthew Childers

According to his website, Mattew Childers is "an international award-winning illustrator and cartoonist living in East Tennessee. He works both traditionally and digitally and enjoys employing a multitude of different styles in his works. He also is an accomplished Creative Director in the advertising industry, a lover of bacon, and the future ruler of France." This fun personality permeates through his artwork; the use of bold colours and comic book-esque images giving him a distinctive style, despite perhaps not being innovative amongst the variety of artists with a similar style.



A piece of art going 'inside the mind of' poet and autor Edgar Allen Poe



An illustration for Barter Theatre



Star Wars digital painting



Superman piece for a presentation to DC comics; done using pen/ink and photoshop

Wooden Coffee Tables

Nature has been known to inspire art and design work; from using natural materials, to drawing inspiration from the shapes and designs produced by it. These coffee tables use wood in its natural form, for not just aesthetic purposes, but also environmental.

This table, designed and created by Israeli designer Yoav Avinoam, uses a mixture of resin and sawdust taken from a variety of woods. The recycling of sawdust makes this table eco-friendly as it does not require fresh pices of wood in order to create it. The table won DesignBoom's Intelligent Hand competition, due to its 'excellence in craftmanship'.

This 'Cilindro coffee table' by Rotsen Furniture may not be everybody's cup of tea, but the minimalist table is made from reclaimed cinnamon wood, making it suitable for those wishing to do their part in preserving the environment. Similarly, the table below, also by Rotsen Furniture, is both a simple and eco-friendly design, that is created using wood from fallen trees.

Designer: Ronit Baranga

The Israel based designer, Ronit Baranga, uses clay and porcelain as the main materials for her products, which can best be described as innovative and unusual. Having studied psychology at university, her designs often have an underlying psychological meaning or message.


These plates, when together, form the shape of white roses.





Circuit boards are recycled to create this strange design.





Mini bowls with 'fingers' holding them up.




The use of human fingers in her designs are a reoccuring theme.




Many of Baranga's designs use elegant floral patterns, as well as a clean and consistent colours; this contrasts with the unusual twists she then adds to them. 





'Wings' made from human fingers.



Lego: more than just a child's toy.

The possibilities are endless with this simple, yet ingenious product, first created in 1949 by The Lego Group, a private company based in Denmark. Since then, it has not only become a childhood favourite for many, but the source of inspiration for a number of artists and designers who have used it to create extraordinary pieces.

From the model of a Rebel X-Wing fighter consisting of 5 million pieces currently holding the world record, to independent artists with, perhaps not quite as ambitious, but just as impressive results.

'Art of the Brick' is a show by the artist Nathan Sawaya, who has created a collection of sculptures out of lego bricks. The show takes place in New York and will take place from the 17th June to 5th January 2014, allowing those wishing to visit with more than enough time to do so. The show has been described as “the world’s biggest and most elaborate display of LEGO art ever and will feature brand-new, never-before-seen pieces by Sawaya.

This quirky product merges together both lego blocks and the average concrete brick, making both an amusing and innovative product that, surprisingly, has not been done before. Designer Andrew Lewicki created these concrete blocks identical to the shape of lego, ensuring that they fit together in the same manner. They are sold in a set of 12 and are 15.7" x 7.75" x 5.5".