the newest project from UK-based designer dominic wilcox  is entitled ‘speed creating‘, in which he designed something creative each day over a period of 30 days. at home, in the studio, on the train… wherever he was, wilcox made something out of materials he had around him. this just a look at some of the objects he created over the 30 day period.

business card tie presenter

day 3: business card tie presenter this tie acts as a business card presenter… just tug on the invisible string and your business details are revealed.

dominic wilcox: speed creating business cards hidden

dominic wilcox: speed creating business cards being presented

dominic wilcox: speed creating components of the football smoothie maker – a clean sac and deflated football with a zipper sewn into it for inserting the ‘mixing’ bag

day 15: football smoothie maker wilcox wanted to develop a previous smoothie making idea and see if it would really work…

dominic wilcox: speed creating inserting fruit into the smoothie maker

dominic wilcox: speed creating some more fruit…

dominic wilcox: speed creating add some yogurt and…

dominic wilcox: speed creating kick-off!

dominic wilcox: speed creating after the match, your smoothie is ready

dominic wilcox: speed creating

dominic wilcox: speed creating pencil shelf

day 27: pencil shelf a shelf made from more than 200 colored pencils which have been glued together into two layers. shelf brackets are made by cutting a single wooden pencil case box into two and gluing the parts together. the sliding doors hide the screws.

dominic wilcox: speed creating detail

dominic wilcox: speed creating a wooden pencil case box is used as ‘L’ brackets

dominic wilcox: speed creating more than 200 pencils were used to create the shelf

dominic wilcox: speed creating inflated socks

day 28: inflated socks to create these lamps, wilcox inserts a balloon into a sock, inflating it until the sock stretches to its fullest capacity. then, he coats them in clear resin in order to maintain the shape and add strength.

dominic wilcox: speed creating inserting the balloon into the sock and inflating it…

dominic wilcox: speed creating the result

dominic wilcox: speed creating other variations

dominic wilcox: speed creating detail

dominic wilcox: speed creating onion rings

day 29: onion ring fabric just as the name implies… admiring the looped shape of the addictive deep fried treats, he glued them together to create a fabric.

dominic wilcox: speed creating the finished fabric

dominic wilcox: speed creating the onion rings give quite a good draping quality

you can see more of dominic wilcox’s ‘speed creating’ projects here.