Michael Salter Styrobot Creation Video! (Updated!)

We've posted about Brooklyn artist Michael Salter before (Whoops, Michael is not from Brooklyn, but from Oregon! Thanks so much for letting us know, Michael!) and now he's back with creamy new newness!

Behold the creamy newness!


michael a. salter @ rice gallery | houston from michael a. salter on Vimeo.

Michael Salter's Styrobots!!!

Few times have we seen such a good re-use of styrofoam packaging as Michael Salter's Styrobots.

Dollar Store Hacks!

Afternoon All!

Just saw this great link over on notcot, (which is fabulous and we demand that you agree with us.)

Michael Salter, a teacher at the university of Oregon, taught a class called "Dollar Store Hacks." And, like a clever and together human would, he started a blog and posted the wonderful creations that his students had (very cheaply) made.

Check 'em out:


Cheese grater lamp!


Raygundelabra!

"In an effort to investigate design and push creative methodologies we hacked existing dollar store items, designing, sketching and building a variety of personal and home goods. All our materials were acquired at the dollar store. Our goal was simple; design by hacking cheaply made plastic junk, and hopefully, manipulating some irony and employing some criticality in an otherwise humorless and often anonymous world of product."

Well-ruled placemat!

Dollar store hacks, so very now.

Here's the blog: Dollar Store Hacks

A special thanks and best of luck to Oregon Teacher Michael Salter for providing the good sense and inspirato, and for helping to pass on the intel that upcycling is a grand and noble thing.


"Professor, what's another name for pirate treasure?"

And further thanks to notcot, who we read every single day and love so dearly.