February 10, 2006

The 'Stunningly Sweet' Ikea PS Trivas Dad-Child Armchair

MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli is not a fan of most kid-related design, but she is a fan of the ever-affordable Ikea [which she pronounces, ee-KAY-ah, as we all should.] When we spoke about design for kids and babies recently,...
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An Interview With MoMA's Paola Antonelli

I'd been stuck on a comment I read last fall by MoMA Architecture & Design curator Paola Antonelli before her exhibition, "Safe," opened about children's product design, and so I decided to get her take on the Baby Industrial Complex....
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Babies And The Leather Seat Package

A question from DT regular Kaz, who loves the environment almost as much as he loves eating beef and wearing leather shoes:I am close to pulling the trigger on buying that Highlander Hybrid I’Äôve wanted, but I have some...
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Bitty

Apparently the whole "extended breastfeeding" thing has been around for years in Little Britain, as this clip from a BBC documentary explains: Little Britain, Series 2: "Bitty" [google video] Hmm, I assumed that it was a documentary; everyone had...
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You're A Wonder, Wonder Woman

The woman edits a zine called The Mother that sounds like parenting advice rounded up at Lilith Fair and on Paradise Island, and she nurses her 8-year-old daughter. Clearly, what some man might think is totally beside the point...
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Subaru Tribeca Gets Nosejob For First Birthday

While it sounds like a b-list celebrity baby name, Subaru Tribeca is actually a car. And it's a car born with a funny-looking nose. Which wouldn't be so bad, except that it's corporate parents have such high aspirations for it:...
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