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Look! All White Globes at Louis Vuitton

082808_globe2.jpgGoing for a walk while on a trip we noticed that globes have really hit the big time:

 
 

082808_globe.jpgAt Louis Vuitton, no less. Yes these all white globes with tiny Louis Vuitton designs were adorning the shop window. We've been fans of globes for a long time and especially love them in Charilyn's Lovely Studio. The globe shape works really well as lighting and you can Make your own lights out of globes, too!

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Do these really count as globes? Is there any residue of the planet being represented?
I love globes too but I find that their beauty is in the profiles of the continents and oceans and their topography, not the ball itself.

There is something creepy about an all-white globe like this.

Leave it to a high-fashion house to make a homogenous designer-globe (with their symbol stamped on it, of course).

posted by hessilou on September 2nd 2008 at 11:21am
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I hope they cost lots of money.

posted by hrhprincessfiona on September 2nd 2008 at 11:25am
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i actually like this, it has a really nice form that comes forth when you see it in all white, although it seems like a super easy DIY. 1. buy globe 2. spray paint white....


none the less i think it would look really good to get a glove, paint all of the continent solid in a color, maybe red, or who know shwat. then pain the rest glossy white. or do a matte white and gloss combo.

no idea where i would actually put them, but i like it.

posted by jmorey on September 2nd 2008 at 11:26am
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A globe with all functionality totally removed - I do not get it, and don't understand why anyone would want one. But maybe that's just me. I need at least a whiff of function to allow something into my home. Why dust useless crap?

posted by brenjay on September 2nd 2008 at 11:32am
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haha They are not for sale! It is just the window display.

posted by shlacking on September 2nd 2008 at 11:40am
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This is just another imperialist ploy commissioned by Antarcticans seeking world domination.

posted by superflyguy on September 2nd 2008 at 11:49am
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waste of space

posted by LaDonnaNichole on September 2nd 2008 at 12:34pm
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Nice one Superflyguy :-)

posted by Julia at Living Luxely on September 2nd 2008 at 4:18pm
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huh.. it's especially cloudy on earth today...

posted by *heather leaf* on September 2nd 2008 at 7:34pm
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I think Louis Vuitton should consider selling these. Totally useless, but they'd look good in my place. I'll take 5.

posted by RandyModern on September 2nd 2008 at 7:51pm
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Hmm, the designer in me is sort of offended that these globes have had all traces of functionality removed. On the other hand, they look sort of interesting, especially as a DIY -- you could spraypaint a globe that has textured topography, which would be more interesting than a perfect sphere.

posted by visualingual on September 3rd 2008 at 4:51am
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I think these would be cool with pencil drawn continents and countries. I just bought spray paint this morning for Yankee Belle's plate project. Don't make me go track down an old globe to experiment on.

Honestly, though. I love globes, but the typical globes clash with my decor. I am always on the lookout for a globe with a different take on the traditional ones. Anyone?

posted by Kimber on September 3rd 2008 at 6:00am
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lol superflyguy!

posted by HeatherAB on September 3rd 2008 at 8:26am
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