Ok sure, it's not quite as revolutionary as the lightbulb and I don't think he's American but those two points aside - Dominic Wilcox's projects are incredibly clever with a lovely touch of cheek. Above is his war bowl which he made by melding together plastic toy soldiers turning a cheap children play thing into something pretty sophisticated both in shape and in idea.
Another favorite of mine is be his Speed Creating project where he made something creative every single day for 30 days! Pretty inspirational for those of us (ahem...me) who always say we should do more artsy things but then just end up sitting on my couch eating Twix. Nom nom nom!
