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Horrible and tacky. Why?

Why would I want this in my house?

I hate to sound rude, but this has a bit of an Urban Outfitters quality to it, with a couture pricetag.

Hooray, a home accessory inspired by crass consumerism!

The pricetag adds insult to injury.

Wasn't April Fool's day a few weeks ago?

this would be a better design for toilet paper. one color job though.

I like how they limited it to 10 as if to make it super exclusive. Rather, they're not sure they could sell more (if that at all)

Genious! I'd love to give that to some of my relatives to wrap their newborns up in. Isn't anyone getting the irony?

Ugh, the Adbuster in me is screaming inside

to each their own, but irony isnt worth 4,900 to me.

As a Canadian, I got a kick out of seeing the Timmies logo on there, but other than that it's actually kind of disgusting.

Why is the Betty Crocker spoon white?

How awful looking. Aren't we supposed to showing small living spaces?

www.stitchT.com created a quilt like this years ago, see the quilt on the left @

http://stitcht.com/tshirtquilt3.htm

If anyone is actually interested in a quilt like this, we can make one for less than 10% of what CITIZEN is charging. Otherwise, we can help you free up some drawer/closet space and turn your shirts into a quilt.


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I think everyone is missing the point - it's supposed to be a comment on consumption and it's supposed to be tacky. It costs $5000 because it's a handmade piece of art instead of it being made by factory workers in China like the products represented on it. It's also an interesting snapshot of graphic design today.

I don't think the criticism stems from the fact that people don't get the concept, I think it's more that people don't like the concept. If it's meant to be conceptual art, put it in the Whitney and don't ask the (supposedly) already victimized consumers to pay $5000 for a rather shallow joke.

And IMO it's hideous.

I feel anxious just looking at that thing.

Apple logo is outdated, so no.

I can't think of many things I'd want less.

This concept was done in the 60s. It's no longer ironic, it's just ugly. (I almost overlooked the ugliness because I'm so perplexed as to why they included Tim Horton's on their "American" quilt.)

The really funny thing is I went to High School with one of the designers (Joel Yatscoff) in Alberta and he's CANADIAN.

Dominique, so is Adbusters, isn't it?

It's.... different. My quirky side kind of likes it because it's irony, but the consumerism driven side of me hates it for the same reason.

Seriously. Never understood brand names on clothes, why would I want them on my bedding?

offensive to quilters everywhere

Hilarious--the ultimate comment on 'brand loyalty' that seems to define Americans, no matter what information about nutritional content, corporate practices, foreign ownership, dangerous ingredients, etc. shows up in their morning newspaper.

would I want it on my bed? of course not--but then, I can't afford anything for $5,000, so it's not really a consideration, even it it were vintage Eames.