Tuesday, February 8, 2011

The Tooth Fairy Calculator

Artist "Rubesart" brings us this Tooth Fairy Calculator. Despite it's frivolously silly name it's a wonderfully evocative artifact that includes delightful extras like inset glass windows and rotating gears. That kind of tactile gilding, making it an object designed to be handled and not just looked at, fills me with glee.

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6 comments:

  1. R.S. BohnFebruary 8, 2011 at 4:44 AM

    That is exceptionally cool.

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  2. No...February 8, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    Incredible.

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  3. PhilFebruary 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    My dirty little secret is that I'm a Steampunk fan too. So I love anything that mixes the two genres. Thats a beauty.

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  4. Pam MorrisFebruary 8, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    this is beautiful

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  5. B.R.February 8, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    It looks a lot like something out of Guillermo Del Toro's HellBoy films. very neat design.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    I think B.R. is onto something. Judging by Hellboy II, it's probably inspired by those tooth fairies, which were...definitely not silly.

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