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An average tin can becomes above-average, utilitarian design. Photo: Dezeen
Creating a set of nine biodegradable lids to place on standard-sized tin cans, Jack Bresnahan transforms a normal object into something entirely new. "Anything that ends up in a landfill is simply poor design," says Jack. Thus, the young designer made it is mission to reinvent everyday household items, starting with the tin can.
From toothbrush holders to tea/coffee containers, each lid is designed with simplicity in the forefront of his mind. Jack notes, "While [my] designs are always created within a green framework, [I] balance this with a drive to develop products that are both useful and good to look at."
I'd say Jack succeeded. The end product is equal parts genius and surprisingly beautiful, and I'd love to own one of each design... for every room. While you can't yet buy them in a store, you could try to recreate his idea with a bit of hard work and creativity.
For more tin can design, check out Cristina Covello's tin can storage and Harry Allen's tin can planters. Oh, and a lovely tin can wedding invitaton.
Looks like the Tin Man's finally found his heart.
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Many years ago at a craft fair my daughter and I met a girl from Texas with her tin can art. She had this fantastic palm tree floor lamp and a smaller palm tree table lamp and scores of other unique can art. My daughter bought one of her string lamps made of different size small cans - tomato paste and tomato sauce cans - hooked on clear white Christmas lights. It mad a fantastic show. We saw her one time more at the fair but she hasn't returned. But the ideas she displayed were creative and useful too.
ReplyOur city, Fort Smith, Arkansas allows us to recycle all types of metal cans along with clear plastic items...which our family does.
ReplyIn fact in our neighborhood, those, along with our regular trash,in separate containers, were picked up this morning.
Thankfully, many cities across this country are doing this on a regular basis. But, I do wonder about what counties are doing for those living outside a city. Those folks probably would also like to participate...if they aren't already doing so.
The problem is unless they are aluminum, they RUST!
Reply--And get dented.
Tuna fish cans, with the bottom removed, prevent tomato plants from being destroyed by cut worms.
ReplyMackeral tins and sardine tins make fruit/jello treats for the kids. Place any kind of fruit in the dents and add jello or pudding, refrigerate, and turn out up side down with whipped cream.
You can make square cupcakes out of said tins.
You can make cookies and cinnamon buns out of the same tins.
Make candles out of left-over scraps of previous candles by melting the left-over wax into Spam cans.
Make bird-feeders in any small tin cans by melting peanut butter, olive oil, and seeds of any kind along with the rind of fruit and berries. The birds also love old hamburger, fat from any meat (suet) and left-over fruit scraps (skins/garbage/nuts). They will also eat crackers/bread/etc. mixed with gravy and hardened in a soup can and then turned out on a flat surface. You just melt and slide out onto a paper plate for them.
There are a million uses for old tin cans. Offer some of them to us.
Ah, the beauty of a continuous supply of free replacements . . . !
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