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Heavy Metal Decor by Pierre Blanc

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These vases are a lot like the ones you'll find in a thrift store, mom's basement, or grandma's china cabinet. Except for one thing: their heavy metal logos...

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Pierre Blanc has painted rock band logos onto these traditional vessels, making for an unexpected - if not downright absurd - juxtaposition.

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We get quite a kick out of seeing the Metallica logo framed by cherubs and faux gilding, but maybe that's just us... What do you think? Via Today and Tomorrow.

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Montreal, Pierre Blanc, heavy metal

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I saw this before and thought it was hilarious!

posted by Daniel Poitiers on January 14th 2009 at 3:37pm
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Ridiculous and ugly

posted by bepsf on January 14th 2009 at 3:45pm
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Tack-ay!

I wonder if Cher would have a more medieval style made under license?

posted by dn on January 14th 2009 at 3:47pm
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Would probably fit right in next to your favorite sports team themed recliner and mirrored side table.

posted by Nesagwa on January 14th 2009 at 3:49pm
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Hideous.

posted by graefix on January 14th 2009 at 3:51pm
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Oh, oh oh and a racecar bed?

posted by dn on January 14th 2009 at 3:51pm
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This is where garbage comes from!

posted by tam-tbag on January 14th 2009 at 3:52pm
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Yuk.

posted by deirdre on January 14th 2009 at 3:54pm
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If the same effect--sweet/tough--could be accomplished without the band logos, it might be interesting...the way it is, though, no thanks. And the vases were ugly to begin with.

posted by madsarah on January 14th 2009 at 3:56pm
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I kind of enjoyed laughing at these and mocking them!

posted by gordon on January 14th 2009 at 3:59pm
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no and no.

posted by lorijo on January 14th 2009 at 4:01pm
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Tacky but hilarious.

posted by grrliz on January 14th 2009 at 4:05pm
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To all those who make the relevant remark that these are ugly (in case no one would have noticed), it might be worth thinking that maybe that was the very point?
Doesn't anyone have any humour anymore?

posted by Daniel Poitiers on January 14th 2009 at 4:06pm
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I think Lars Ulrich is gonna sic his copyright lawyers on this guy.

posted by Jezebella on January 14th 2009 at 4:14pm
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Hilarious and brilliant.

posted by arroyo on January 14th 2009 at 4:39pm
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fabulous!!!!

i'm going to make my own... maybe with new kids on the block logos...

posted by hiccupish on January 14th 2009 at 4:41pm
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Is it april fool's day already? cause that has to be a joke!

posted by suzy8track on January 14th 2009 at 4:50pm
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I must confess enjoying the irony. Especially on the Misfits one.

posted by kosmicfreeway on January 14th 2009 at 4:56pm
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I think it's hysterical. Not for everyone, but in the right room this would be a great conversation piece!

posted by modtramp on January 14th 2009 at 5:04pm
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Trademark violations!!! Woohoo!

AND there is NOTHING creative about these. They've just taken trademarked logos and slapped them on old vases. Big whoop.

AND...AND...Yuck.

posted by pxlchk1 on January 14th 2009 at 5:17pm
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Wow.. People need to lighten up and enjoy the hilarity of the idea. Being a hard-rock (wouldn't call them Heavy Metal) fan, and holding ac/dc in particular close to my heart, I gotta say that these are hilarious! While I don't think I would actually have one, I could probably convince the boyfriend, who loves ac/dc and tacky things. Hmm..

posted by grafxnerd on January 14th 2009 at 5:44pm
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Oooo, an NKOTB would be great, along with New Edition, Boyz 2 Men, N'Sync and BSB, and Take That and Boyzone thrown in for good measure!! (and maybe Bros and Big Fun thrown in for us children of the 80s!).

posted by dn on January 14th 2009 at 5:48pm
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I think this falls into the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" category. The idea actually isn't bad, but, er, execution fail.

posted by Cheryl on January 14th 2009 at 6:05pm
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The best part is that some are being sold for over $600....eek!
http://www.legaragepierreblanc.com/catalog/?myLoaded=740773&myTotal=740773&myPercent=1&myText=100%25

posted by twenty twenty-one on January 14th 2009 at 7:06pm
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These aren't for me. They have got me thinking though: Maybe I should get a few of Granny's old vases, slap some bumper stickers on them, and sell them for a few hundred dollars!

posted by Brandyjane on January 14th 2009 at 7:14pm
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yuck.

posted by wc_canuck on January 14th 2009 at 7:16pm
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Hipster irony is getting old and tiresome.

posted by quark on January 14th 2009 at 7:31pm
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Gene Simmons will definitely sue for unauthorized use of a KISS logo. This is a guy who had lawyers shut down all of his fan's sites for using the logo.

These are also pretty hideous-looking. It's not necessarily because of the logos, but because of the way they are printed on top of designs of a jarringly different style than the logos themselves. It looks like the vases have been defaced rather than designed.

posted by Orchid64 on January 14th 2009 at 9:52pm
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I'm with whoever wants to trick people into buying more stuff like this. I have some rub-on Michael Jackson and E.T. decals we can slap on some Lladros if you want to.

posted by backgarage on January 16th 2009 at 12:01am
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Oh, those are hideous... and I say that as someone who is fond of rock, and even more fond of irony.

But kudos for them that they figured out a way to market them for so much, especially in this economy- I thought this was going to be an Etsy offering for under $30, KWIM? Well, you know what they say about fools and money... I guess that makes it easy.

posted by SeattleMama on January 16th 2009 at 2:45am
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