Street Anatomy

Urinary Wallpaper

Wallpaper Number One (2006) by Shannon Wright

This has to be the most unique wallpaper I’ve seen yet, and what I love about it is that it has that crazy 70s wallpaper pattern feel to it.

Shannon says,

This wallpaper depicts exuberantly healthy human urinary tracts. It was inspired by a friend’s suggestion: “You should really make art about your hypochondria. You’ve got a gold mine there.”

[spotted by Josy Conklin]

Lisa Jones: Symbiosis Chair Series

Vasa Intestina I 2007
wood, steel
80×40x40cm

Vasa Intestina II 2007
wood, steel
80×40x40cm

Breath Chair 2006
wood, steel, silicone
80×40x40cm

Venus Chair 2006
wood, steel
80×40x40cm

Inspired by da Vinci’s anatomical drawing, sculptor Lisa Jones carves life into the inorganic through her Symbiosis Chair series featuring 5 chairs representing the systems of the body. These chairs are intricate and delicate not unlike our own anatomy.

Not your Average Bookshelf

British artist, James Hopkins, molds, cuts, and places mundane objects together to create illusion in his artwork.  The skull image on the top right, entitled “Afterparty” (2007), was assembled using objects and items associated with the pleasures and excesses of adolescence. (Although some of those items are used and consumed well into adulthood.)

View Hopkins’ portfolio for more creative installations.

[via Apartment Therapy and Heather]

Addams Family Interior Design

Introducing Rock and Skull wallpaper by Meg Matthews, an endless wall of skulls for your morbid interior needs. Comes in a variety of colors (pink, blue, yellow, black, and gray) for a hefty £75.00 a square meter.

Interesting note: Meg Matthews was formerly married to rock star Noel Gallagher from Oasis.

Bright minds make good lamps

Anatomy meets interior design with these lamps designed by Alexander Lervick.

A replica of the designer’s brain, originated from an MR scan at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. The image was processed through a 3D-printer, and became this unusual lamp shade design. Yes, it is bright.

The foot of this unparallelled lamp design is a silver colored replica of a human backbone. Made out of a 3D-printer, Spine casts shadows and reflections as the light falls down on the backbone.

A 3D-generated face is built into a wall. But with LED light, placed behind the face, it gives the illusion of coming out of the wall. Boo!

Love the spine lamp.