matryoshka on technabob...

kyle bean’s evolution of the mobile phone in papercraft

cell_phone_nesting_dolls

This amazing work of paper art envisions the evolution of the mobile phone using the style of those classic Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls.

Artist/Designer/Illustrator Kyle Bean recently created Mobile Evolution, an intricate set of nesting models from cardboard. See how each phone fits neatly inside it’s older, larger sibling?

Designs start with the classic late…

continue reading »

June 18th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun mobile tech retro

audiomatryoshka speakers don’t wobble, won’t fall down

audio_matryoshka_speakers

The word Matryoshka isn’t exactly a part of the English vernacular, but once you realize that it’s really just the Russian name for those little nesting dolls your grandmother has sitting on her mantle, you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about.

This concept for a set of speakers the designer calls “Audiomatryoshka” is definitely bold,…

continue reading »

February 3rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio design technology

art lebedev’s data dolls store nothing but themselves

Art Lebedev Matroshkus

If you’re unfamiliar with the Russian craft of Matryoshka, they’re those little stacking wooden dolls that fit inside one-another, gradually getting smaller and smaller. Designer Art Lebedev has taken these traditional dolls and put a geeky spin on them, adding data storage measurements to each one.

So the big mama is a Petabyte, inside her…

continue reading »

June 17th, 2008 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design geek art + craft