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Spiders on Drugs by Guillaume Lehoux

Spiders On Drugs, or SOD, is a new project by French designer Guillaume Lehoux. Based on the results of a NASA experiment (you can read all about in a PDF file for download here), these bowls were designed to replicate the web patterns woven by spiders who were under the influence of certain psychoactive substances in the experiment.

In the original experiment, the researchers inoculated the test substances (marijuana, caffeine, benzedrine and chloral hydrate) to spiders and then let them weave their webs.

In nature, spiders use webs to trap their prey, but in this instance these bowls are used to trap objects such as fruit or keys.


Normal renderings


Normal prototype


Marijuana renderings


Marijuana prototype


Benzedrine renderings


Benzedrine prototype


Caffeine renderings


Caffeine prototype


Chloral hydrate renderings


Chloral hydrate prototype

Jaime Derringer, Founder + Executive Editor of Design Milk, is a Jersey girl living in SoCal. She dreams about funky, artistic jewelry + having enough free time to enjoy some of her favorite things—running, reading, making music, and drawing.