Look: Still Life Centerpiece! Austin

Look: Still Life Centerpiece!
Austin

We envy talented artists who can create beautiful compositions of fruits for paintings and artwork. Thankfully, a clever designer by the name of Thorsten Van Elten has created a still life that even the non-artist can create! More after the jump…

Such a simple yet effective idea: Van Elten’s Still Life Bowl comes with a bowl and a frame that can be oriented both portrait and landscape. You can have a piece of art that changes daily! Available for preorder now for $100.

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how creative! not sure about that price though...

posted by misslyss on August 15th 2008 at 12:03pm
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100 bucks??? time for a DIY

posted by cscamp20 on August 15th 2008 at 12:05pm
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That's a tad precious, Thorsten.

posted by shirley-temple-of-doom on August 15th 2008 at 12:34pm
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this is great...I would not pay $100, but very clever

posted by hanako66 on August 15th 2008 at 12:45pm
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Nice idea. Though I'd want to restrict the placement of this to a spot where the viewer gets the proper perspective through the frame.

posted by lightspeed on August 15th 2008 at 12:52pm
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I guess y'all think "clever" comes free... and that DIY is the new euphemism for "steal someone's idea." ;)

posted by patrick (the other one) on August 15th 2008 at 1:35pm
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Oh so DIY-able...
...but definitely the answer to a question nobody asked.

posted by bepsf on August 15th 2008 at 1:50pm
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I know I saw that in a Martha Stewart decorating magazine years ago. You just take an empty frame and put some brackets on the back so it will stand up like that, and put your bowl of fruit behind it.

posted by ohjodi on August 15th 2008 at 2:32pm
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Well, so much for laying a guilt trip on DIY'ers then.

In design, as in music, art, film and fashion, everyone rips off everyone else to some degree. When it's relatively benign, we call it "homage" or "influence", but it is what it is.

Kudos to the DIY'ers, their motivation is pragmatic, not commercial, and they have no pretensions about it.

posted by lightspeed on August 15th 2008 at 3:14pm
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All for DIY... WHEN the idea is YOURS (or even yours-ish).

I just get a little tired of all the "I could make that"s only AFTER someone elses' product or idea is showcased here.

And how can you say they have no pretentions when in some instances they are knocking something off they find to be pretentious just because of the price?? :)

posted by patrick (the other one) on August 15th 2008 at 3:51pm
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I don't get this.

Maybe if you could use the frame to carry the bowl or something. Eh, maybe not.

posted by charlenemcbride on August 15th 2008 at 4:27pm
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For a hundred bucks, I expect a rather nicer frame. It's not a centerpiece, though, unless you only sit across from the bowl. But why not for a tablescape, filled with all those little bits and pieces that have no real function but you love anyway?

posted by Palmetto on August 16th 2008 at 6:56am
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