Here’s a little creepy classic, from noted industrial designer Harry Allen, who’s made a career out of somewhat unsettling, deceptively simple ordinary design.
Doesn’t seem entirely happy to be accepting those pennies, does he? Here’s some more of his stuff, all together, including the tres cool banana bowl:
I watched Ridley Scott’s Alien recently, and was struck, as always, by the deeply unsettling design for the alien creatures. H.R. Giger is the man responsible, a Swiss artist who won the Academy Award for his work, which played on the latent human fear of alien rape, colonization, and twisted, threatening phallic imagery. Check out Giger’s original concepts and try not to think about the face-hugger when you go to bed tonight.
