In honor of Memorial Day, here's a collection of modern art and fun furniture, jewelry and home decor that incorporate military related icons such as soldiers, tanks, bombs, missiles and more.above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by Dave Cole
above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by Dave Cole (detail) (photo courtesy of the artist)above: Artist Dave Cole with his American Flag (photo courtesy of the artist)above: the Army Men Alphabet was created by student Oliver Munday for instuctors Nolen Stals and Bruce Willen at the Maryland Institute College of Art (photography by Jay Zukerkorn)above: Six thousand Parts by artist Valerie Leonard is made 6,000 melted toy soldiers (photo courtesy of the artist)above: Six thousand Parts by artist Valerie Leonard (detail) (photo courtesy of the artist)above: Globe made of melted toy soldiers by artist Valerie Leonard (photo courtesy of the artist)above: Jason Baalman glued 1,500 toy Army men to a camouflaged board to create a portrait of a soldier when viewed from above (photos courtesy of the artist)above: The Peace Collection designed by Biaugust is comprised of a ceramic bomb vase, a ceramic grenade bank and a ceramic helmet bowl.
Just click on any of the above images for information, images and links to purchase.Designers, artists and jewelers for items shown include:Frank KozikPharrell WilliamsChris CollicottDaniel Loves Objects!Mosley Meets WilcoxLa Tete au CubeStanislav KatzArt LebedevMelanie FavreauPeas, Corn & Tomato SauceReiko KanekoDave ColeChristopher Deris28 BiaugustAtlasonValerie LeonardJason BaalmanBrad Sherwood for Joy CharbonneauJoel Escalona
Happy Memorial Day!
