World’s Strangest

What would it be like if H.R. Giger had worked on Star Wars instead of Alien? Imperial forces would have been even more frightening, as Thomas Spanos’s Darth Vader helmet illustrates. Link -via Super Punch

Something’s wrong with this pony. My Pinkie sense is tingling. Mari Kasurinen crafted this mad vision of H.R. Giger’s alien queen from sculpey and painted it with acrylic. Link

(YouTube Link) This is test footage from the classic scifi film Alien which shows Bolaji Badejo, the unknown star who played the xenomorph, getting a feel for how the creature should move. The video still manages to be quite creepy, which I attribute to the fact that Bolaji put a lot of work into playing the role, going so far [...]

It was 1979. Swiss surrealist artist H.R. Giger was unavailable to help create the movie Alien. But Lisa Frank, maker of bright, cheery stickers and school supplies for tween girls, was. That is the disturbing alternate history imagined by deviantART member GalenaLarkin. Link -via io9

Gig Goldstein’s carved guitar is close enough to H.R. Giger’s original design to be scary. He’s been carving for about twelve years and has gotten really good at it. You can see Goldstein’s other guitars at his YouTube channel. Link -via Walyou | Goldstein’s YouTube Channel

These sunglasses are sure to make you the talk of the town, but whether that talk is good or bad is a matter of opinion. Inspired by the painting Illuminatus II by H.R. Giger, these sunglasses created by multimedia artist Doktor A make you look like you have a giant safety pin stuck through your nose, [...]

Earlier this week I was working on a list of science fiction-inspired furniture when I became distracted by a number of creative science fiction quilts. When I returned to the matter at hand, I found quite a few ways to take your home “out of this world.” 1. TARDIS Murphy Bed An unnamed craftsman in New Zealand [...]