Designer Dogs

My seriously peak office decor.

Designer Dogs, 2026

This project came together spontaneously after learning that a hydro dipping workshop was being hosted at Columbus State University by artist Cooper Holoweski, who opened the session to students and faculty alike.

During class I ran a quick Adobe Illustrator demo for my students on how to create seamless repeat patterns. To make it memorable, I chose to recreate one of the most recognizable repeat patterns in the world: the Louis Vuitton monogram. It looks deceptively simple at first glance, but it is a complex and delightfully balanced design and in pop culture, it has become one of the most loaded symbols of luxury and status there is.

My student Rigby pictured with the perfect dip on the very first attempt!

When I heard about the hydro dipping demo, I was immediately inspired to do something completely ridiculous with it. The hotdog and other processed meats more broadly, are a long-running theme in my work, and I could think of few things funnier than applying this symbol of luxury to a hotdog in the same hydro dipping technique that is usually associated with the burly outdoorsmen men of the South who use it to customize their gun stocks and pickup trucks.

I modeled and 3D printed a series of 18 full-size hotdog beads for the occasion using Polymaker Panchroma PLA filament in pink. We printed the hydro film in my classroom, and together with my students applied the Louis Vuitton monogram to each one as a group demo.

The finished hotdogs were strung on pink macramé cord with hand-tied knots between each bead to space and secure them completing the piece as a fully linked chain of luxury glizzies.

Designer Dogs is equal parts absurdity and commentary on the nature of luxury goods.

I want to thank Cooper and my graphic design class for humoring me and collaborating on this project. It is easily one of my favorite memories from this year at Columbus State University. As a small thank you, I made a series of prints featuring the Designer Dogs to give to each student in appreciation of their contribution.

Thank you as well to Prof. Julianna Wells Cowsert for allowing me to crash the demo with my students, and to Columbus State University for bringing Cooper and his exhibition BOGO Mysticism to the CSU Department of Art.

Designer Dogs, Christie Cannon, 2026

Swine & Dine Succulent Canned Hams

Swine and Dine, 2025. Swine and Dine is a set of five canned ham lamps designed and fabricated by Christine Cannon. This project was born from a simple and irresistible goal: to make it real.

Swine & Dine Succulent Canned Hams, 2025. Christie Cannon

The OG Swine and Dine Succulent Caned Ham Painting.

The Swine and Dine Canned Ham first appeared in my Garbaggio painting series, and this body of work is the natural extension of that fictional brand into the physical world. The cans and hams were 3D modeled and printed in PLA, then painted, finished with custom-designed labels, and sealed in epoxy. LED lights installed inside each ham illuminate the pink plastic from within, casting the kind of warm, rosy glow that only a quality canned meat product can provide. The branding, an exercise in deadpan sincerity, was its own distinct pleasure to design.

This build was really fun to put together. I started out modeling the ham cans in Shapr3d, I then printed them. (There are a few extra to make flower pots from.) I designed a new label for the planters and encased thoe in the layers of resin before ageing and distressing the paint to look like rust. Check out this gallery of the build.

By the sweet, sweet glow of that subtle ham light, you can almost hear the jingle of convenience:

Swine and Dine it’s just fine, they’ll eat it all the same. 

Swine and Dine. It’s just fine. They better not complain. 

Swine and Dine, for when the day’s been long and the bar is low, 

Swine and Dine is the way to go! 

Succulent ham, a family treat, no fuss no mess, just pop and eat.