Guns + Umbrellas = Cool. It’s been a while since I saw something that I thought was just stupidly cool, but Alex Woolley has created two things that I’m dying to play with.

Firstly, he’s created a Musical Instrument/Ruler Desk, which is “an Instrument based on childhood boredom and the escape to music as a form of entertainment.” Basically, it’s a bunch of plastic rulers shoved in a desk at different lengths to produce different notes. If you never did this as a kid, you probably won’t get it - but if you did, you’re probably aching to hear that school days twanging ruler sound!

Secondly, Alex has created an Umbrella for Encouraging Adults to Play in the Rain - the “unique, funnel shaped umbrella harnesses the flow of rainwater down into its handle, a water pistol. The user can fire at will, maintaining a constant flow of water as long as rain continues to fall!” Turning dull days of crap weather into a water pistol fight is something to be applauded.

See more work by Alex Woolley.