Old iPods, Mice, Cords: It’s all Art

By Nicole Martinelli (11:56 am, Feb. 24, 2010)

Fashion designer Kosuke Tsumura wove old iPods, mice and keyboards into a series of artworks on show at Nanzuka Underground in Tokyo until March 20, Japan Trends reports.

We’ve seen a few artistic reincarnations of defunct iPods but love the way he’s turned that tangle of useless cables we all have in a drawer into something more: the work is intricate enough that it takes awhile to spot the NSFW element in at least one of them.

Called “MODE less CODE,” Tsumura explains the inspiration thusly:

“The surface of the city, where mode melts unclearly and stopped to work, floats in the air wondering to look for warmth in those old days impossible to go back. This is my challenge to make another dreamy code by using affectionate traditional craft-techniques such as “knitting by hand” and “patchwork,” and to put good sleep to the functional monster called “development,” which is flooded with the jungle of mechanical codes, and natural design made of chemical materials.”

Via Japan Trends

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Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek. Since 1999, she's been tapping away at zoomata. You can also find her on Facebook, Linked in and Twitter.

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4 comments

    If these are works of art, most of you have a draw like this at home full of different chargers all tangled together.

    Poppa, on February 24th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

    Wow! That mess of mice and power cords in my drawer is art? Who knew?

    James, on February 24th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    Sigh…

    More functional equipment being turned into art. I’ll remember this next time I’m looking for a spare power strip, or when I have to counsel a kid who can’t afford an ipod.

    As for power cords, it looks like an obvious sign that our factories (or China’s factories) have been cranking out far more power cords than we need. Can I get a $3 discount on my next electronic purchase if I decline to accept the included power cord, and grab one from my box full of them instead?

    Some may see art, I see wasted resources.

    ObbieZ, on February 24th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

    Hi – I like this story too, so much I ran it on my baby site – just before you got up,

    Stay well, Nicole.

    Jonny Evans, on February 24th, 2010 at 2:37 pm

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