September 4, 2005

Affordable Eero Aarnio Chair & Puppy

Eero Aarnio is credited with many shagpad-worthy designs from the 70's, including the abstracted pony-shaped seating unit (it's too unusual to be called a chair) that retails for around $2,100. If you want a bid or swingin' style for your...
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Chuck E. Cheese Wants YOU!

Apparently, part of the entertainment for birthday parties at Chuck E. Cheese is a promotional video produced by the Department of Defense showing happy, shiny soldiers in Iraq handing out candy to happy, shiny children and standing around happy, shiny...
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Posted by greg at 10:27 PM

Triobike: Danish for "I'll Never Own A Car"

Last thing I'll lift from Treehugger this weekend, I swear. The Triobike is a Danish transport system that is a bike, a stroller/pram, and a bike-stroller-pram all in one. The large sidecar-looking pod fits on the front of the...
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Because Models Are Known For Their Good Eating Habits

Does your child have what it takes to be a supermodel? She already knows how to throw up, and that's important. But technically, she has to eat, if only in order to throw up later, and last I checked, it's...
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'Feng Shui': Chinese For 'Ceramics Hayloft'

Worried that feng shui'ing your kid's nursery would involve too much esoteric equipment from China? Or at least Chinatown? No sweat. In a remarkable coincidence of thousand-year-old energy flow management and fresh-from-b-school-style mass market consumerism, the key ingredients to a...
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Hand-knit Organic Wool Baby Clothes

There's apparently a flock of merino sheep in New Zealand that have been raised and certified organic since 1986. We're talking multigenerational organic here. Anyway, Organic Hand Knits makes baby clothes to order from this here organic wool, including sweaters,...
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