Mark Reigelman II has an installation on display at Heller Gallery in NYC called Breaking the Bottle . Over 1,000 lbs. of 100% recycled glass and 20 gallons of Epoxy Resin is used to cover twelve typical household objects from chairs to books to bearskin rugs.

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Breaking the Bottle by Mark Reigelman II

bitplay takes everyday objects and makes them fun and interactive. Their objects are functional and sleek, but they add just a little bit of magic — or “play” — to the everyday. BANG! Bang! Lights out! BANG! lets you do just that: shoot the lights out. You fire a gun-shaped remote at the lamp to turn it off. The light goes out and the lampshade knocks to the side, showing that it’s been hit

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NETwork transforms two dimensional embroidery into pop-up furniture objects. The new design project by Studio Aisslinger combines high tech technologies and traditional stitching techniques into the captivating collection you see here. Perfectly put on its website,  ”…design evolution is always a matter of empirical experiment, materials and technology – for this exhibition we worked with a hidden traditional stitching textile technology which we transformed into a 2D-to-3D-furniture pop-up concept..”

So how is it done? The volumes are translated with software into two dimensional projections of themselves that can be programmed into machines that stitch the pattern into a carrying surface. The surface is then dissolved and the embroidered 2d patterns becomes a 3d object. The shapes formed by the stitched honeycomb structures are fitted over fiberglass molds and injected combined with resin to make them rigid and stable. The result is the unique collection you see here.

Find out even more about how it’s done at Studio Aisslinger’s website.

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Valera Barnayev has created a few very strange and curious chairs from odd objects. First, Valera thought, what if plastic chairs melted in the hot sun?

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Valera Barnayev

Hong Kong designer Winnie Lui constructed this chandelier out of toys and other everyday objects, making a unique and beautiful lighting fixture that certainly isn’t “everyday.” The assembly of objects in the chandelier produce an interesting play of shadows when it is lit. Image credit: Toyo Kitchen & Living Co.

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White Chandelier by Winnie Lui