Love the use of typography for this, won't be putting anything with Paris Hilton's name on it in my living room. So I guess "That's NOT hot." Yeah I know corney, but true.
I agree with MonsterMash. :p
Paris Hilton is one of those things about this decade I'd rather forget.
You "not" people are so boring. Conceptual AND functional! Stupidly expensive, yes, but this is the stuff that "new art" is made of!
The thing to do with these is buy them and then put them in storage for 5 years or so. Once no one remembers what any of the search terms mean they'll be way cooler.
Not hot for $120. $45? Hot.
I wish they would have used a better font...
It's something I would feel embarrassed owning in 2009.
To puzzle your grandchildren when they dig up your very plush time capsule.
"You "not" people are so boring. Conceptual AND functional! Stupidly expensive, yes, but this is the stuff that "new art" is made of!"
PLEASE contact me so I can give you a steaming pile of my finest work and I'll overcharge you since that's what you like. I'd rather be boring than someone like you.
I like it. It's very "We Didn't Start The Fire" -ish.
As a single pillow, I wouldn't want it, but I think it would be fun to have a decade full of pillows like that. However, it wouldn't be "$120 per pillow" fun.
Just don't find it relaxing to look at something like this in my home.
It's dated in the blink of an eye, and then it just becomes a $120 blob of clutter in your life.
First thoughts... Ummm... Hmmm.... If I actually wanted that for my living room, I could probably make it myself for far far far less than $120.
Yep, wrong typeface.
Martina Hingis, my little Swiss Miss. I love that pillow. I love to squeeze my . . . face to it every night. The negative press my little Swiss Miss got today, just makes her hotter. Hingis doing cocaine . . . very hot!
that pillow is only worth about $14.99 and even than I wouldn't put it in my home.
I think the searches themselves are pretty astonishing. My lord, are we really that shallow???
Honestly, I never heard of Mrs. Hingis until 2 days ago. But seriously... there is something KIND of conceptually intersting about capturing the ephemeral quality of the randomness of internet searches to grab a piece of the zeitgeist and take it home.
And really, if you think about it, a throw pillow is a fairly changeable piece of decor, so it's not really that far off.
I really would like to see a different typeface, though. Like... maybe Courier New?
Still, it's really not every home this would look good in. I agree with both the person who said that it would eventually be a piece of clutter to get rid of, and the person who liked the idea of a whole collection of them showing various periods.
I think the typeface (Helvetica) is supposed to be part of the pop culture statement. So not hot ... autism, cancer and Hurricane Katrina as decoration? I don't think so.
Horrible. Shows no sense of taste, style or imagination. Coupling Paris Hilton and autism on a pillow? Sorry, but not amused.
robyn, that's Times, not Helvetica. helvetica's a sans serif font.
D'oh! I didn't finish my post ... I meant to add that it would've made more sense to use Arial such as google actually does, rather than Times.
Im sure everyone has at least one friend who tries way too hard to be hip and cool. I have one of those friends, and I would not be surprised at all if this shows up in her living room.
ridge v.w. Thanks for the info, I read on another blog that it was Helvetica (I know nothing about fonts!).
Hot... I like it. It's social commentary on a pillow. And if someone collected several years' worth, it would be even hotter.
It's a great conversation starter. See above.
PLEASE contact me so I can give you a steaming pile of my finest work and I'll overcharge you since that's what you like. I'd rather be boring than someone like you.
Wow, DJluckyonline. Getting personal...so classy.
The problem isn't the design so much as the subject matter. If google had been around for a hundred years and we could pick and choose from a less depressing list of statistics, maybe it would be better. A 1920s pillow with "talkies", "Model T", and "speakeasy" would be kind of charming; a recent pillow with Britney Spears or Paris Hilton, not so much.
I think this pillow should include a self-destruct timer set to 15 minutes.
This would be great for a nursery. I think it would be cool for a baby to have a pillow of hot topics from the year that they were born in!
Veronica & Keith's Handmade Chic 
Before & After: A Bathroom Goes From Pinky Peach to Sleek and Chic
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Hunslet Dinner Plate
A Beginner's Guide to Superb Stir-Fry: Quick, Healthy Meals from a Wok
Easy Pitcher Cocktail Recipe: Strawberry Basil Margaritas
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Love the use of typography for this, won't be putting anything with Paris Hilton's name on it in my living room. So I guess "That's NOT hot." Yeah I know corney, but true.
I agree with MonsterMash. :p
Paris Hilton is one of those things about this decade I'd rather forget.
You "not" people are so boring. Conceptual AND functional! Stupidly expensive, yes, but this is the stuff that "new art" is made of!
The thing to do with these is buy them and then put them in storage for 5 years or so. Once no one remembers what any of the search terms mean they'll be way cooler.
Not hot for $120. $45? Hot.
I wish they would have used a better font...
It's something I would feel embarrassed owning in 2009.
To puzzle your grandchildren when they dig up your very plush time capsule.
"You "not" people are so boring. Conceptual AND functional! Stupidly expensive, yes, but this is the stuff that "new art" is made of!"
PLEASE contact me so I can give you a steaming pile of my finest work and I'll overcharge you since that's what you like. I'd rather be boring than someone like you.
I like it. It's very "We Didn't Start The Fire" -ish.
As a single pillow, I wouldn't want it, but I think it would be fun to have a decade full of pillows like that. However, it wouldn't be "$120 per pillow" fun.
Just don't find it relaxing to look at something like this in my home.
It's dated in the blink of an eye, and then it just becomes a $120 blob of clutter in your life.
First thoughts... Ummm... Hmmm.... If I actually wanted that for my living room, I could probably make it myself for far far far less than $120.
Yep, wrong typeface.
Martina Hingis, my little Swiss Miss. I love that pillow. I love to squeeze my . . . face to it every night. The negative press my little Swiss Miss got today, just makes her hotter. Hingis doing cocaine . . . very hot!
that pillow is only worth about $14.99 and even than I wouldn't put it in my home.
I think the searches themselves are pretty astonishing. My lord, are we really that shallow???
Honestly, I never heard of Mrs. Hingis until 2 days ago. But seriously... there is something KIND of conceptually intersting about capturing the ephemeral quality of the randomness of internet searches to grab a piece of the zeitgeist and take it home.
And really, if you think about it, a throw pillow is a fairly changeable piece of decor, so it's not really that far off.
I really would like to see a different typeface, though. Like... maybe Courier New?
Still, it's really not every home this would look good in. I agree with both the person who said that it would eventually be a piece of clutter to get rid of, and the person who liked the idea of a whole collection of them showing various periods.
I think the typeface (Helvetica) is supposed to be part of the pop culture statement. So not hot ... autism, cancer and Hurricane Katrina as decoration? I don't think so.
Horrible. Shows no sense of taste, style or imagination. Coupling Paris Hilton and autism on a pillow? Sorry, but not amused.
robyn, that's Times, not Helvetica. helvetica's a sans serif font.
D'oh! I didn't finish my post ... I meant to add that it would've made more sense to use Arial such as google actually does, rather than Times.
Im sure everyone has at least one friend who tries way too hard to be hip and cool. I have one of those friends, and I would not be surprised at all if this shows up in her living room.
ridge v.w. Thanks for the info, I read on another blog that it was Helvetica (I know nothing about fonts!).
Hot... I like it. It's social commentary on a pillow. And if someone collected several years' worth, it would be even hotter.
It's a great conversation starter. See above.
PLEASE contact me so I can give you a steaming pile of my finest work and I'll overcharge you since that's what you like. I'd rather be boring than someone like you.
Wow, DJluckyonline. Getting personal...so classy.
The problem isn't the design so much as the subject matter. If google had been around for a hundred years and we could pick and choose from a less depressing list of statistics, maybe it would be better. A 1920s pillow with "talkies", "Model T", and "speakeasy" would be kind of charming; a recent pillow with Britney Spears or Paris Hilton, not so much.
I think this pillow should include a self-destruct timer set to 15 minutes.
This would be great for a nursery. I think it would be cool for a baby to have a pillow of hot topics from the year that they were born in!