above: American Flag by Dave Cole, made up of thousands of plastic Toy Soldiers and acrylic paint.
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 (photo courtesy of the artist)
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.
A Awesome collection of Army inspired items
Designers, artists and jewelers whose items can be found at the above link:
Frank Kozik
Pharrell Williams
Chris Collicott
Daniel Loves Objects!
Mosley Meets Wilcox
La Tete au Cube
Stanislav Katz
Art Lebedev
Melanie Favreau
Peas, Corn & Tomato Sauce
Reiko Kaneko
Dave Cole
Christopher Deris
28 Biaugust
Atlason
Valerie Leonard
Jason Baalman
Brad Sherwood for Joy Charbonneau
Joel Escalona
Happy Memorial Day!
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