February 15, 2007

Holy Smokes, Actual Gerhard Richter Carpet

Rugs by artists are not new, but there are a couple of outfits now commissioning contemporary artists to design rugs and carpets. This Gerhard Richter carpet, though, I gotta say, I wouldn't have thought it. But sure enough, there...
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Reckon Shirts I Reckon I'd Buy

[02/08 update: check the comments below; unfortunately, a number of people over an extended period of time have complained about problems or delays completing their orders from Reckon. Lead time on orders not-in-stock have stated leadtimes of up to 3...
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"Boo-Coo Minivans!"

If there ever was a reason to get a good night's sleep, it's to avoid watching all eight minutes of this commercial for a Florida used car dealer who calls himself The Family Man. Of course, you with the...
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Pregnancy T-Shirt Helps Skinny Women Celebrate A Little Bit Of Fat

After she had a kid, Frederique Daubal designed this limited edition t-shirt for Hint, the online fashion magazine: "It's an homage to femininity," she says about the pregnancy motif, "and the poetic explosion that happens in the belly and...
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Natural Cleaning Supplies Popular Among "Science Is Hard! Let's Go Shopping!" Crowd

Prompted by their school's switch to natural cleaning supplies, parents are switching, too...says Don Imus's wife, whose non-profit group tries to get schools to switch to natural cleaning supplies. And science schmience, if ammonia residue on the coffee table...
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