Slinks

Flip Chair by Shawn Bruce: A prototype that transforms from a 100 degree upright chair to a 110 degree lounger with a simple flip.

Snaidero Acropolis kitchen: For "the man who wants to have everything around him."

Giant pink bunny on Italian mountain: Installed for the next 20 years and "knitted by dozens of grannies out of pink wool."

Studio Ditte has added pillows to their collection: Each one in the shape of a Chinese character.

The Back to Basics Stainless Steel Manual Wheatgrass Juicer: DIY wheatgrass juice at home (aka “liquid sunshine”).

silos & aukland cuckoo clock by barbero design: Yes, a modern cuckoo clock, but with a light sensor that puts the bird to sleep when the lights are off.

Writer's Almanac:

It's the birthday of the novelist Upton Sinclair.

POEM: excerpt from "The Old Life" by Donald Hall

Comments (8)

"puts the bird to sleep"

Anyone else get a morbid visual reading that part?

posted by libby on 2005-09-20 11:34:35

Now I do.

I was too busy obsessing about the Chinese character pillows to get to the cuckoo clock. (Trying to calculate whether it would be more efficient to find a friend with a sewing machine or just wait for the knock-offs to hit Target.)

posted by wende on 2005-09-20 11:46:51

Eh. Not thrilled with the idea of Chinese character pillows, personally -- I like the fun shapes and I think it's a cute idea, but the whole "Other languages are pretty and exotic!" thing can be badly abused. (A worthwhile source is hanzismatter.com, which tracks misspellings and missteps in Asian character tattoos.)
Just my two cents.

posted by abby on 2005-09-20 12:28:08

thank you
O THANK YOU
abby
for the
http://hanzismatter.com/ link

me, I prefer the pink italian bunny

posted by Guido on 2005-09-20 13:11:52

Ooh -- the hanzismatter.com link is great!

Actually, I was pondering the potential of choosing pillows that have smutty or bizarre meanings, to see if any visitors catch it. Given my neighborhood, Hindi pillows might make more sense anyway.

posted by wende on 2005-09-20 14:02:26

Who killed the Easter Bunny?

posted by Enrique on 2005-09-20 15:22:06

Someone notify Energizer.

posted by Enrique on 2005-09-20 15:28:35

I love the Chinese characters pillows! I've been trying to teach my husband Chinese and have been looking for fun visuals -- these are perfect. Is there a way I can order them?

posted by Georgia on 2005-09-21 11:54:42