Brighton based designer Kyle Bean is a master at making humorously ironic artistic creations. CUT Magazine features his paradoxical collection, Harmless Weapons, with photographs taken by Sam Hofman. Taking ordinary objects and infusing them with “violent” imagery, Bean creates objects that are just plain funny. Bullet Candles, Jello Grenades, Feather Knives, Bread Knuckledusters — dangerously […]


Chuck Norris jokes aside, this might be the most inventive writing pad we’ve seen since Moleskine’s suede-lined Folio Digital collection. The black Armed Notebooks from Megawing feature three distinctive designs, each with its own way of transforming symbols of violence into tools of creativity. Featuring a 3-dimensional embossed cover of either a hand grenade, revolver […]


Very similar to those Love Grenades that people went so bonkers about (but not so much like those USB Grenades), these Flower Grenades are the perfect gift for the secret cell guerilla gardener in your life. For those who don’t know, guerilla gardening is the growing urban passtime of taking over forgotten landscapes (vacant lots, […]


31 Aug
Guns, grenades and chainsaws vs. fashion’s biggest designer logos

Gazing out from behind Prada sunglasses in a cloud of Burberry and Alexander McQueen, you must often find yourself pondering: Self, wherein lies the limit to my insatiable thirst for designer labels? Well, refer to artist Peter Gronquist for a worst-case scenario. His Sculpture + Weapons series features guns, grenades and chainsaws (disabled first, of […]