Monday, November 30, 2009

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Weekend Flings

Best Covers (seen above)
Drunken MacGyver
A Long, Awkward Road to the Stars

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Friday, November 27, 2009

Bonus Bone: Sleep & Eye Pillows


The past few days might have found you traveling, cleaning, cooking, eatingeatingeating, shopping, and maybe - if you too were lucky enough to spend today in a 69-degree Denver - completing some yard work. My point is: we all deserve a rest.

I just found these cute Sleep Pillows from Jane, Inc. Filled with lavender and flax seed, they promise to open sinuses and usher in a calm sleep. If you want something you can take on the plane with you, Jane also sells Eye Pillows.

For these reasons, I, Cardboard, declare this a Design Boner.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!


We took a break this week. We hope you did too! Just know that we're always thankful for you, your readin' eyeballs, mouse-clickin' hands, and genuinely smart-ass comments.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Weekend Flings

Thanksgiving is for Memories (seen above)
Wonder if Zack is Happy About This
We KNOW Facebook Likes This
Animated Stretchy
A Christmas Apple

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Bonus Bone: Albion gravy boat

Albion Sauce/Gravy Pitcher, at The Conran Shop

Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Do you have your gravy boat ready? Excuse me, I mean sauce pitcher. Ooo la la! So fancy, those Brits! What they call a sauce pitcher, we call a BOAT.

Anyhoo, I love the simple, elegant lines of this boat designed by Terence Conran. The shape is a simplified, subtle bird. The spout is its beak while the handle and plumage act as tail feathers. This is a bird theme I can get behind.

Pass the gravy, darlin'!

For these reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

It's Big, It's Heavy, It's...Pink?

I don't have a fireplace in my home (sad face) so this log is not for me but Duraflame still earns an honorable mention for not only helping out the boobies (happy face) but also calling this product Colorlog!

When/if you hearth-having people buy a Colorlog, 2% of the sale will go straight to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. And, according to the Oakland Tribune, the log really does burn pink (and purple and orange).

So get out there now and log load for the wintertime. Yet if you're meager and fireless like Porcelain and myself, you may just have to settle for the Duraflame screensaver (sad, sad, crying face).

Monday, November 16, 2009

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Weekend Flings

This & 143 Other Bad Tattoos (seen above)
Nessie...or Boat...or Pineapple?
Inspiration to Keep on Running, or, Way to Go, Jess!
DJ Toolbox Gets All the Ladies
Right On, Apostrophe, Right On

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

ALERT: One Hour Sale!

Stocking Stuffer ALERT!

Delight is offering a five-pack of Envirosax reusable grocery bags at a 55% discount! The Ultra-Mod Black & White pattern is the only set left but they're the best anyway.

Just enter ENVIROSALE into the coupon box upon check-out but do it before midnight tonight!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Bonus Bone: Anti-Theft Lunch Bags

They complete my design trifecta: smart, a little gross, and funnyhaha.

For these reasons, I, Cardboard, declare this a Design Boner.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

A Friend for Carlos

Do you guys remember Carlos?

Well, I've still got him around and, yes, he still has that blasted ear infection. Dear Porcelain had his sickly little heart in mind, however, when she sent me a link to his maybe/could-be best friend ever.

Dachshund Lamp, at Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is adopting out the Dachshund Lamp! What a perfect little buddy, no? He's white (or green), he's glowy, he's small, idealized, and dog-shaped...

Yet Carlos is made of precious porcelain and I believe that, despite the omnipresent linen infliction, he might find the Dachshund rather...stunted.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Thrifty Christy

My local Salvation Army actually has one of these upside-down Christmas trees for sale!

It's unadorned (you must provide photo ornaments of your own grandkids) and I don't know how much it costs. Yet this is the first time I've seen one of these in-person and, letmetellyou, it is green and it is crazy.


But you must hurry on over if you want to check it out. For in the world of discount stores, the good stuff (talkin' to you, DJ Play Station) is gone in a blink but coordination of color is forever.

Reds and Greys, by Brian C.

Lamp lust

James glass kerosene lamps, at Pottery Barn

I think if I could design anything, I'd like to design lighting. Here are some of my recent lighting cravings.

Monday, November 09, 2009

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Weekend Flings

Awful Reference (seen above)
Welcome to Autumn, $%@&!$!
Eat Your Instruments
BENefit

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Friday, November 06, 2009

Bonus Bone: 100 Abandoned Houses



100 Abandoned Houses by Kevin Bauman

Kevin Bauman has been documenting abandoned and decaying houses around Detroit since the mid '90s. He captures the bleakness and sadness of the once great city crumbling so perfectly.

I have a love/hate relationship with Detroit. I am very proud of coming from a tough, gritty area. But when I return to visit friends and family, I am so sad at what the city has turned into and I'm always happy to flee back to Chicago. I'm still rooting for Detroit. I hope it rises from the ashes like a great phoenix!

Kevin's photos are available for purchase and he plans to give a portion of the proceeds to a charity doing positive work around Detroit.

For these reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

White Velvet & Unwhite Fur


Ooooooh, Velvet Grommet curtains in white (Ivory, really). They're so luxurious and decadent and ON SALE.

But then I remember that I've got a few of these guys at home...

Cardboard's Bird & Mille

...so my wintry white windowscape would end up looking something like this:


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Olunda poster

OLUNDA picture, at IKEA

I haven't wanted a mass-produced poster this bad since the days of my door size Luke Perry 90210 one. Aw yeah!

Monday, November 02, 2009

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191