Comments on: product packaging collages

product packaging collages

iconomy — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 10:45:07 -0800

Box-Bots are robot-like collages made only from product packaging and labels. My favorite: Strawberry Pop Tarts.

By: eyeballkid

eyeballkid — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 11:24:30 -0800

If I just type "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" would that sound like a squeal of joy? That was really cool ico.

By: ODiV

ODiV — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 11:41:11 -0800

I remember making really bad versions of these as a child. We'd take cereal boxes and make robots out of them. Cheerios for the body, grapenuts for the head, and so forth. It was fun. thanks for the reminder.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 12:31:03 -0800

Bah. I won't be appeased until I can see them fight each other. The only question is will Polacolor 59 fight alongside Kodak Max 400, or turn on him to join forces with the nefarious Steinlager?

By: namespan

namespan — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 13:04:46 -0800

Strawberry Pop Tarts. Does this bring Christina Aguilera to anyone else's mind?

By: dong_resin

dong_resin — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:38:35 -0800

I also used to do this a lot as a kid. Well, no. I just used the knees from one Land O Lakes Indian woman to make it seem that another was holding her bare breasts together seductively like a stripper, but it's not so far removed. Anyway, very cool site.

By: bragadocchio

bragadocchio — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:49:05 -0800

OK. I couldn't wait until they were empty. Now I have a kitchen filled with stuff that needs boxes. Thanks.

By: Dreamghost

Dreamghost — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 19:27:44 -0800

Strangely No One Would Dare Challange The Preparation H Bot? Good Find Iconomy, I Salute You Sir!

By: Katemonkey

Katemonkey — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 02:16:20 -0800

In college, I once took a bunch of Pepsi cartons I had lying around and turned them into two man-shaped creatures, one of which was six feet high and kinda scary looking. We were tempted to take it out to a large field in the middle of the campus and set them on fire in a The Wicker Man style, but, alas, our laziness got the best of us. (however, the big one did have a little inset on its chest with a little cardboard figure of Officer Howie inside)

By: plep

plep — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 04:00:45 -0800

[this is good] - thanks iconomy (again!)

By: taz

taz — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 06:01:43 -0800

Wow. How did I miss this post earlier? I'm impressed.... Now if we could only have Mrs. Butterworth in a box so we could make a Mefi-Bot (butter-bot?). I really love these guys!

By: agregoli

agregoli — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 09:14:27 -0800

So did he actually make them? Just seems like photoshopped bits of packaging to me.

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 11:04:28 -0800

So did he actually make them? Just seems like photoshopped bits of packaging to me. Does it really matter? This is a guy who takes a picture of himself every day. Either possibility (scanning in packages and then photoshopping them into robots, or taking the time to perfectly cut up box packages) seems equally likely.

By: iconomy

iconomy — Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:58:33 -0800

I assumed that they were real because of his comment about reusing waste materials, agregoli, but I emailed Jonathan with your question, and he assured me that they are real - painstakingly cut out and taped together. He's making another batch of boxbots, entirely photoshopped this time - I can't wait to see what he comes up with, as I really love these. I'd also love to see how he displays them in the real world - are they framed and hanging on the wall, taped to pages in a book, tacked to the side of a barn...what? He also mentioned that he particularly like your comment, gary ;) Bragadoccio, please share your bots! Now's the time to invest in some tupperware.