mike and maaike's Stolen Jewels: "An exploration of tangible vs. virtual in relation to real and perceived value. Using Google Image Search, we browsed through some of the most expensive and often famous jewelry in the world, the low-res images we found were stolen, doctored, then transfered to leather, creating a tangible new incarnation. With the expense and intricacy of the jewels stripped away, their essence and visual intensity are extracted."Made of scored leather, I love how they transformed the digital into something tangible. We see so many products that work the other way round, analog qualities integrated into digital products, so something digital made analog is refreshing. And even more thought-provoking.
