This one-off David Bowie aluminum saucepan will run you $611.78. The only person I can conceive of who would use such a thing is the Maid of Bond Street (you know the fancy ones who drive around in chauffeured cars?) and even she threw a side-eye toward this exorbitantly-priced piece of glam rock cookware.
The person behind this 2020 creation is Japanese artist and graphic designer Teru Noji, a graduate of the Vantan Design Institute in Tokyo. Noji has lived and worked in Arles, France for the last dozen years, and cites the work of renowned Japanese psychedelic artist Tadanori Yokoo as his biggest influence. Exactly what inspired Noji to etch an image of Bowie (pictured with his astral sphere created by make-up artist Pierre La Roche) on the bottom of a 20 x 20-cm aluminum pan is a mystery. All I know is that it is the only one Noji ever made and you can buy it over at the online shop for the Bowie Gallery which is physically located in Totnes, Devon, UK.
As for the pricey pan, well, I’ll let the images of it speak for themselves. Cooking with Bowie! It’s a thing.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
‘I’m gonna kill you, Tin Man!’: Axl Rose’s knuckle-brawl with David Bowie over a girl, 1989
1970s glam rockers Cuddly Toys cover ‘Madman’ a song written by David Bowie & Marc Bolan
Beautiful images from David Bowie’s least favorite film role, 1978’s ‘Just a Gigolo’
David Bowie, Dennis Hopper and/or Dean Stockwell bring blow to Iggy Pop in a psych ward, 1975
Heartfelt letters written by a young David Bowie (and some of his youngest fans)
Intergalactic pimp: Donny Osmond dresses as ‘David Bowie’ and covers ‘Fame’ in 1976
Intimate photos of David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly & more from the set of ‘Labyrinth’