Riots in a Jam Jar :: James Cauty

Though simple, its the contrasts that get our attention with these scenes. See all of the riots in jam jars at the artist's site. LINK

Streets Against the War :: Sokak Savasakarsi

Made in Turkey, this stop-action animation is completely unexpected, both in form and message. Watch until the end to get the full idea. The really good stuff starts around 1 minute in. LINK

Devil's Rope :: Andrew Effendy

I don't want to imagine how many accidental injuries were incurred in creating this barbed-wire alphabet. See other views and the entire alphabet at the artist's site. LINK

Deweaponizing the Gun :: Walton Creel

Walton Creel's goal when creating these gun-shot artworks was to take the destructive power away from the gun. After experimenting with canvas, he eventually moved to sheets of painted aluminum. See and read more at his site. LINK

Swedish Armed Forces

Do you have what it takes to join the Swedish Armed Forces? You can test your skills with their cool online recruitment tests.

You can test your skills as part of a team here. LINK

Or individually here. LINK

(Unfortunately, it appears that I was too slow in posting this to include the coolest one from 2009 which is no longer active, but you can get a taste of it here. LINK)

Giant Swiss Army Knife :: Wenger

Swiss army knife producer Wenger created this unique knife. 87 implements, 141 functions, and no chance of making it through airport security. Check it out in depth at the Wenger site. LINK

Fire in the Hole :: Oliver Munday

By melting, twisting and distorting plastic army figures, Oliver Munday created this injured alphabet. See all of the letters at his site. LINK

War Bowls :: Dominic Wilcox

Artist Dominic Wilcox creates "war bowls" by melting model soldiers. There are two versions: the blue Battle of Waterloo British artillery and French infantry, and the white English Civil War bowls.

See more photos or purchase one at the artist's site. LINK

Words :: Everynone

This project visualizes words and their varying meanings. As you watch, you can guess what the words are from the series of images used to represent them. LINK

Four-Letter Words

This kinetic sculpture was created by Rob Seward. Flourescent tubes twist and turn to create four-letter words. Though some of the words tend toward the scatological, the word choices are actually an algorithmically generated word sequence. LINK

Scrabble : The Block Project

This ad for Scrabble was created by Ogilvy & Mather, Paris. It is pretty far out and full of unexpected surprises. I think my favorite part may be when the teenage passerby takes off of his head phones in order to pay more attention to the antics taking place. LINK

Wordle

Wordle is a toy for creating "word clouds" from the text that you provide. You can choose fonts, layouts, and color schemes, or just view those created by others. LINK