Home Accessories from VisuaLingual

Cincinnati designer Maya Drozdz of VisuaLingual clued us in to her "locally-inspired home accessories, which celebrate [and sometimes gently poke fun at] Cincinnati and its various quirks." We love the look and concept behind the Ohio River ceramic coaster set (below) and especially the stunning Vine Street coaster set pictured here.

For her Please? Prints, Maya's creation was based on a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the local quirk of saying Please? to mean Excuse me? Although the joke was lost on us, we bet locals love it.

Ohio River coasters (blue), $48

Ohio River coasters (green), $48

Please Print, $20

Over-the-Rhine clock, $24

Products available through VisuaLingual directly and also through Etsy. Top pick: Vine Street red coasters, $68.

Comments (4)

I used to live in Cincinnati so the Please? print does bring back memories of that local language quirk. I'd love to see a companion piece that says Sorry? because that's another local lanugage quirk I've encountered to mean Excuse me?

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posted by Condo Blues on April 4th 2008 at 8:17am
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Heather, I know it doesn't make any sense; that's why it's so funny [at least to a transplant like myself]. When you hear it in a store, you think the clerk is criticizing you for not having said "please." Here is an article from an old issue of CityBeat that explains local lingo. So weird...

posted by visualingual on April 4th 2008 at 10:30am
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Cincy love!

posted by LaDonnaNichole on April 4th 2008 at 11:48am
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I love these tiles especially the Vine Street ones. I first saw them in Mica on Vine in Over the Rhine. If you are able you should defiantly check it out.
I miss the Natti, It always exciting to see it show up in the things I read.
Did you know it's already spring there. My friend said she already saw flowers on her trees.
I might be home sick.

posted by cericericeri on April 8th 2008 at 8:25am
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