Home-made Europe, by Vladimir Arkhipov, is a humble tribute to home-spun DIY

今年，在SonedelMobile的家具大品牌闪闪发光的新产品中，我们发现了对自制DIY的一种令人耳目一新的敬意。弗拉基米尔·阿希波夫的新简编，由燃料设计小组出版，并在米兰的保罗·史密斯推出，根据你所站的位置，用垃圾或珍宝来说明。

这位俄罗斯艺术家和收藏家以研究的名义横穿欧洲，追踪那些用非凡的发明来满足家庭基本需求的普通人，这些发明往往涉及其他一些不那么重要的家庭物品。

阿尔希波夫记录了他从阿尔巴尼亚到威尔士的发现，他的收藏广受好评的2006年“当代俄罗斯民间艺术”诞生了这个新的、更多样化的版本。它展示了一台由汽车的车轴和一个绘图凳构成的海神机器；一个由熔化的德国轰炸机和一辆旧自行车制成的雪橇制成的传家宝钢包。

特纳获奖艺术家杰瑞米·戴勒(Jeremy Deller)说：“这些东西中有很多看起来像艺术，但实际上，如果不是渴望成为这些物体的话，实际上艺术看起来就像是这些东西。”

但是，就像这些废弃金属、衣夹和鸡丝的结构一样，奇怪的是它们的故事。他们谈论一种与生俱来的创造欲望，无论是出于必要，还是出于对在指甲下弄点污垢的热爱。至少，这是所有参展商的共同之处。

The Russian artist criss-crossed Europe to find ordinary people who have addressed their household needs with extraordinary inventions, often involving bits of other household objects. From left, a table fashioned from a road sign, and a washstand made from a plastic bin, copper pipe, beside table and sink, both by Helen Yousse in Gauses, Spain

Toothpaste tube squeezer, invented by Fred Becker in Tulla, Ireland, 2006. 'When toothpaste came in metal tubes you could squeeze out the very last bit. But when the tubes changed to plastic it was impossible,' says Becker. 'So I invented this device'

Kennel, by John McNamara in Kilkishen, Ireland, 2004. McNamara fashioned this home for his dog, Bob, from a plastic oil drum

Dildo, made by Olga (full name withheld at creator's request), in a prison in Yaroslavl region, Russia, 1993. 'I was young so I was frisky. And where's a girl to go without a man?' she says. So she found a piece of rubber and carved it up with a knife when nobody was looking. 'I still keep it in case it comes in handy again,' she says

A ski-bob made from bicycle frame, wood, skis and screws. Creator unknown, Aigen, Austria

Folding school desk made by Vassily Tyrsyne, in Ilyinskaya, Moscow region, Russia, 2007. When there wasn't room for his daughter to do her homework, Tyrsyne made this folding desk with an old frame from a scrapheap. 'I fixed a slab of chipboard for the desk, and made the back of the seat softer, then I oiled the screws so it was easier to fold'

From left, 'twin' chairs made from chairs and hooks, and a CD rack made from aluminium and bolts. Both by Hannes Schneider, in Intragna, Switzerland.

Computer table made from cable roll and round stool by Renaud Beaurepaire, in Bordeaux, France, 2009

Five-way plug made from Perspex, brass screws, and copper pins, by Boris Sergeyevitch Ivanov, in Moscow, Russia, 2000

From left, a protective cover made from plastic carton, metal rod and wing nut by Ferid, and a chair made from chair parts by Sergei Nekokoshev, both in Zurich, Switzerland, 2009

Bottle corker by Pat Minogue, in O'Callaghan's Mills, Ireland, 1991.'I used to make beer, home-made beer. I made this to fit the right size bottles. I would just leave the new cork there and go - BANG! It's for putting tops on Belgian been bottles'

Metal Detector made from radio parts, wood, batteries and wire, by Keith Towler, in Tulla, Ireland, 1994. Keith made this because his brother-in-law thought there were guns buried somewhere on his farm. He fixed the device onto a wooden handle and set about trying to find them

Spoon by Ivan Kuzmitch Satchivko in Kiev, Ukraine, 1946-48. Satchivko created this spoon when times were tough in post-war Kiev, and household goods were in short supply. Says his son Fyodor Ivanovitch: 'One day some relatives from the country brought him some aluminium wreckage from a downed German bomber, and asked him to make useful household things out of it: combs, spoons, mugs, bowls. Nothing was left of the wreckage when he'd finished'

From left, Gorodki bat made from wood and metal by Valery Stepanov, 1990, and a kettle made from titanium, wooden rake handle and wire by Andrey Repin, 1984, both in Moscow, Russia, 1984. Says Repin of the kettle: 'a kettle is like a friend, a life companion... You usually throw them away when they burn out, but this one never dies'

Stool, by Matthias Winzen, in Baden-Baden, Germany, 2004. 'I made it a week ago, to help with my posture, because I suffer from backache', says Winzen. 'It's better if I can make it, then I can see if it works, and I can experiment with it'

Table tennis ball case by Albina Leonidovna Falko, in Perm, Russia, 1985. Table tennis balls were hard to find in shops in 1980s Perm. Says Falko's son Mikhail Turbinksy: 'One day I complained to my mother saying that it would be nice to make some sort of a small box so the ball wouldn't get damaged, and as a result I got this wonderful piece here. It's made from titanium. On top of that it was argon-welded together with some kind of aeroplane material.'

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