Rubik's Cube Creative Objects Inspired

The Rubik's Cube is a 3D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally, it was called the "Magic Cube". Meet 12 of the most creative objects inspired by the famous cube.

Nike Rubik's Cube
Inspired by the Rubik's Cube, Nike has produced the Rubik's Cube Nike Blazer. The Blazer has an upper which features completed lines on the Rubik's Cube in all the colors you would find on the puzzle such as red, white, blue, yellow and green.

Rubik's Cube Light Lamp
Rubik's Cube Light Lamp is a Fun Gadget remake of the infamous Rubik's Cube we all grew up on. Created by Eric Pautz, this is another variation to add to the many before that grants additional utility with the light it shines from the many colorful patterns created.

Colorblock Note Cube
Here is a fun desk accessory for all the Rubik's Cube fans out there, the Colorblock Note Cube.

Rubik's Cube Wooden Furniture
It is inspired by the Rubik's Cube made of MDF painted with original colors. Designed by Umberto Dattola (Italy).

Rubik's Cube Salt and Pepper
The coolest looking salt & pepper mills on the market. Perfect for your dinner table or as a great gift with a retro twist. The action of grinding the salt & pepper has the same feel and sound as the classic Rubik's cube puzzle.

Rubik's USB Flash Drive
In this Instructables website, you will learn how to make your own Rubik's USB drive, a great DIY for the weekend.

Cube Clock
Given up on trying to solve the original Rubik's cube? Try this one instead. It only takes a simple twist to jump between the built-in features.
The display on the 3-inch cube will show you the current time, date and room temperature, and there's an alarm function as well to go with that.

Rubik's Cube Bag
Made from bright-colored squishy fabric complete with a Chanel-style chain, this would be a perfect dressing-up or going-out piece for those who want to add a little fun and novelty to their look. (Link)

Rubik's Cube Cake
A 6" square 1980's inspired on Rubik's Cube cake with 2 hand sculpted monkeys created by www.fortheloveofcake.ca in Toronto.

Rubik's Cube Sandwich
Ever wondered what a Rubik's Cube would look like in sandwich form? Well, now you know: delicious. The "Rubix Cubewich" contains "cubes of pastrami, kielbasa, pork fat, salami, and two types of cheddar. (Link)

Rubik's Cube Dessert
How pretty and delicious does this look? Food doesn't have to be boring, chop some fruits, give them a Rubik's cube shape and have fun!

Keyboard/Sudoku Rubik's Cube
Tired of the normal Rubik's cube challenge? Have the keyboards from a dead computer? Well, here is the thing for you! The Keyboard/Sudoku Rubik's cube!

Beautiful Primitive art

Probably you have been at an art museum, and you've seen some beautiful pieces of art, made from indigenous people.

primitive form of art, something simple and beautiful.

Paintings from Leonid Afremov

 

I found the work from Leonid Afremov while I was navigating on deviantART and I have to say that his paintings really got my attention. Leonid Afremov is a Belarusian painter who was born in Vitebsk, in 1955. Coincidentally or not, he was born in the same town as Marc Chagall, the famous artist who also founded the Vitebsk Art School along with Malevich & Kandinsky.

Leonid Afremov graduated from Vitebsk Art School in 1978 and is one of the elite members. His painting are often colorful landscapes, cityscapes and figures, and are typically painted using a palette knife and oil paint.

    "I tried different techniques during my career, but I especially fell in love with painting with oil and palette knife. Every artwork is the result of long painting process; every canvas is born during the creative search; every painting is full of my inner world. Each of my paintings brings different mood, colors and emotions. I love to express the beauty, harmony and spirit of this world in my paintings.

My heart is completely open to art. Each of my artworks reflects my feelings, sensitivity, passion, and the music from my soul. True art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression." Leonid Afremov

Graffiti Brazil: ENIVO

Marcus Vinícius aka ENIVO signed a pack with the vital essence of art at the age of 12, through his first experience with graffiti back in 1998. Since then, he has been scoring the city streets as a stamp of poetry, materializing ideas and feelings through images.

He spent much time following the intuitive experimental in his art through techniques, materials and possible languages in and out of Graffiti. Painting the movement, appreciating the unconscious to the expressive final result.

Today, he takes all the mutations of his work as a portal to the new understanding that the technique, aesthetics, concept and expression of transiting in a cyclical form that comes and goes, where each new series is the result of what's been done while at the same time is a step to further research, branching ideas and bringing a range of possibilities for the future creations.

Liz and Phil Down

 This Australian sculpture featured Elizabeth and Prince Philip sitting in the buff in front of the Canberra Parliament House. It lasted a mere week before an angry protester beheaded Queen Elizabeth. Further vandalism of the sculpture resulted in its removal.

Auspicious Carpets

It's an exciting time for those interested in Tibetan carpets and the wider world of Tibetan design. An incredible wealth of old and antique Tibetan carpets have been uncovered in the past few years. In their stunning numbers, breadth of imagination, and design virtuosity, they may soon well turn conventional carpet wisdom on its head. As with many things Tibetan, no one knows quite what to make of this treasure trove. Previous theories of a "crude imitation" of Chinese carpets simply will not do. The corpus is now too large, representing in endless variety an aesthetic sense or "aesthetic space" all its own. Together the thousands of pieces that have recently appeared form a unique world-view, one that can be felt almost subliminally, but that is very difficult to describe. They are not generally otherworldly or mystical, but rather transcendently playful, a pleasing vision of the propitious. In the Tibetan view they are, along with other decorative goods, more like auspicious companions, helping to light up the day and the night with positive energy. They are auspicious carpets.

Auspicious, however, does not mean sacred. While lama artists had a very large role in creating myriad design forms, these carpets with few exceptions were not intended for sacred use. Rather they were intended to help create an auspicious environment, an environment of good fortune, in some general way emanating a favorable connection to the unknown, yet very powerful, forces around us. Here they succeeded in a previously unimagined proliferation. There are now literally thousands of pieces available, and research is really only beginning. This research, however, will have to take a wider view than ordinary rug scholarship. Simply describing the constituent motifs is not sufficient, for the whole is greater than the parts, and the successful whole was the intended effect in the first place.

Fortunately a number of recent publications have introduced the subject, and through these one can begin to get an idea of the totality of the Tibetan aesthetic (Kuloy, 1982, 1989; Myers, 1984; Harrer, 1987; Lipton, 1988; Page, 1989; da Costa, 1989).  And the field is growing. In all the arts Tibetans had a way of keeping the best pieces back. New collections are being formed, energetic young dealers with an affinity for the auspicious are continuing to unearth ever more fantastic examples, and new publications will soon be coming out. Research is being undertaken with old Tibetan master weavers and craftsmen, and we may soon have a much clearer picture of the processes involved, both conceptual and practical. In any case there is now enough material to reach for a greater appreciation of the craft and its art.