We all see them in their music videos, showing off with their bling bling, their huge golden necklaces engraved with diamonds and other expensive rocks and metals.

Sadly, as I mentioned before, most of us just don’t have the money for those kind of luxuries. Damn you 50 Cent, P Diddy and Xzibit.

Mike and Maaike seem to understand our dilemma, and came up with the briljant and hilarious idea to convert bling bling, into our beloved bits and bytes. Result: an impressive series of pixelated necklaces, printed on a peace of leather. It’s hip, It’s trendy, It’s cheap.

For the people who are interested, you can currently see their works at the Velvet da Vinci gallery in San Francisco (that is untill the 30th of June).

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