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  • A New Measure of Well-Being From a Happy Little Kingdom: In Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck has put into place a program that measures his country's progress by GNH (Gross National Happiness), not GDP (Gross Domestic Product). It's working.
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  • Trape armchair by Perfectos Dragones from Argentina: Chair is in solid oak and textile upholstery. More good stuff by this group if you follow the link.
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  • Arc Deco Bedroom Set from And So To Bed: Not much detail on this, but a very nice, clean look.
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  • Louis Vuitton Facade by Sung Jang: Called "Topiade" and designed with Clino Castelli, it is a "lay-over" topiary facade intended to renew the existing building without major reconstruction.
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  • The Nuscp by Pollen Design: From the designers of the Rabbit Corkscrew, you control the amount with your thumb, cleans easily and mounts with a magnet on any metal surface.
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  • "Green Planks" by Rebecca Holland: Entirely made out of poured melted Jolly Rancher candies.

    Writer's Almanac:

  • It's the birthday of the novelist Anne Rice, born in New Orleans (1941).
  • POEM: "Pie" by X.J. Kennedy

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    Comments (12)

    Everybody Wangchuck tonight.

    posted by patrick (the other one) on 2005-10-04 11:38:09

    Green Planks is delicious.

    posted by Doug on 2005-10-04 12:17:30

    Anne Rice writes the best porn ever! Happy Birthday, Anne.

    posted by anne on 2005-10-04 13:09:19

    I wonder waht would happen to the candy planks on a hot humid day....
    would they begin to bend?

    posted by evamn on 2005-10-04 13:54:50

    OK, methinx that Bhutan's idea of Gross National Happiness is the kind of zigging when larger countries are zagging that looks like the perfect parallel to small business vs. large corporations; or blogs vs. large media.

    posted by Curtis on 2005-10-04 14:02:30

    mmm...tasty *nibbles on the art piece*

    posted by adam on 2005-10-04 14:06:28

    Green Planks... ants sold separately.

    posted by patrick (the other one) on 2005-10-04 16:31:50

    If you like the "And So to Bed" stuff, you'll probably also like the furniture of Grange, which may be to-the-trade only, but I think I've seen their stuff at ABC Carpet & Home.

    posted by patrick (the other one) on 2005-10-04 16:33:12

    I remember reading something somewhere about a guy who found a melted Jolly Rancher behind his fridge...and thought it would be a wonderful form of revenge to place a single Jolly Rancher on the hood of someone's car on a very hot day...

    Erm, not that I would ever do anything like that, of course!

    Heh.

    posted by Dorianne on 2005-10-04 17:11:45

    I'm thinking of all the icky little dust bits and dust bunnies that would be magnetically attracted to candy planks. Or in a humid area accidentally bumping into them and getting stuck. And I hate that nasty apple flavor Jolly Rancher that I can't help but think of when I see that photo....

    posted by Libby on 2005-10-04 17:37:35

    I loooove that bed from And So To Bed. Would there be a cheaper equivalent?

    At over $3000, it would be the most expensive piece of furniture I own. But this is a bedframe we're talking about here.

    posted by MarcoPolo on 2005-10-04 19:16:51

    I hope "Green Planks" by Rebecca Holland goes site specific with a house in the woods somewhere . . .

    posted by guido on 2005-10-05 16:13:17