The Space Invaders rug

by Blake Snow { Jul 17th 2006 at 1:00PM }

Though you can't really play the rug as pictured here, confirmed by BoingBoing, this Space Invaders rug by Polish artist Janek Simon is still pretty cool. The work is called Carpet Invaders and is a perfect fit for any high-class collecting retro gamer with money to spend.

[Thanks, Andy]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

airpolgas @ Jul 17th 2006 1:11PM

It should have been landscape. :)

Zo @ Jul 17th 2006 1:22PM

Note the update on the site:

"Update: LA Martin sends the disappointing news that this isn't real -- merely a graphic of a potential rug. What a bummer. -- BoingBoing"

It does not actually exist!

CatmullRom @ Jul 17th 2006 1:52PM

Or, if you do the research you will see it actually IS playable in a manner of speaking.

http://www.2020.ro/dislocation/janek.htm

And the original Kotaku story from a few weeks ago:

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/space-invaders/the-playable-space-invaders-carpet-184836.php

Shagi @ Jul 17th 2006 2:58PM

I cant believe they had the cash for the LCD projector and development time but they couldn't sport the cash for a wireless controller?

Jackson Pritt @ Jul 17th 2006 3:41PM

In response to Shagi's comment, this looks like an art school project so they probably just borrowed the projector from the school, and the development for Space Invaders is probably pretty freakin's simple.