Melded Toys Make Furniture

by Kidrobot  |  January 11, 2010  |  Published in Style & Culture  |  6 Comments

Ryan McElhinney, designer and toy recycler

London designer and toy lover, Ryan McElhinney fuses the childhood memories of his clients into functional totems of toys. His latest concoction, the Westminster chiming grandfather clock chimes every 15 minutes, snapping you out of reminiscent daze over the epic backyard battles of yore between Skeltor and Cobra Commander.

via dezeen.

Share:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Digg
  • Reddit
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • del.icio.us
  • MySpace
  • email

Tagged with: | | |

This website uses IntenseDebate comments, but they are not currently loaded because either your browser doesn't support JavaScript, or they didn't load fast enough.

Responses

  1. uberVU - social comments says:

    January 11, 2010 at 11:43 am(#)

    Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by bobski71: RT @KidrobotRules: London designer custom crafts towers of toys into lamps, mirrors and grandfather clocks. http://bit.ly/4ubYvr…

  2. BergerBot says:

    January 11, 2010 at 2:36 pm(#)

    yea this is cool….very remiscient of Kris Kuksi who does so much more with this style of art

    http://kuksi.com/

  3. Johan says:

    January 11, 2010 at 3:42 pm(#)

    Love this concept!

  4. Johan says:

    January 11, 2010 at 3:55 pm(#)

    Kris Kuksi is fascinating. thx for the introduction

  5. Angela says:

    January 11, 2010 at 8:21 pm(#)

    This is amazing! it’s funky, and to me, feels like the toys are in constant action. Love it!

  6. Kidrobot says:

    January 12, 2010 at 10:58 pm(#)

    wow. that stuff is incredible. thanks for posting.

KR Poll

Pimp it up for new Labbits arriving Thursday! What's your signature Pimp piece?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...


Follow Us:

Sign up for our Newsletter