Extra-ORdinary by Jennifer Rabatel

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/27/extra-ordinary-by-jennifer-rabatel/

*Gosh, this talented designer got some superb effects by adopting such harsh design constraints. It looks like those surreal yet functional knick-knacks were designed by the Oulipo Group.

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"First, I chose 4 very basic objects: a scraper, keys, a T square and an envelope, all for aesthetics, mechanical engineering, and useful functions. Then the process starts, by twisting the rules, I re-think all of the above and find innovative ways to re-invent them. That’s a new collection of functional, surprising, off-beat’ creative yet simple objects...."