Daddy Types: February 2011 Archives

February 2011 Archives

February 28, 2011

Playhouse-Size Bridgehampton Farm Stand

At his latest show at David Zwirner Gallery, Philip-Lorca di Corcia is showing work he originally shot for W Magazine at the turn of the millennium. I'm glad he's finally showing it, because it's some of his strongest work....
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February 25, 2011

Promemoria Kids: For The Most Aristocratic And Visionary Collectors Among Us

Finally master ebenista-turned furniture designer Romeo Sozzi has thought of the children. "My clients asked me for small versions of the furniture," he revealed, modestly, to the New York Times, who somehow found out about the opening next month...
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February 24, 2011

O My Word, We'll Not Carry Coals In This Bentley Woodie Wagon

Two car brands, now alike in hoonery, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient marque "shooting brakes" are not news to me, Where custom shops make Sultan's wagons gleam. From forth the fatal loins of these...
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February 22, 2011

Mister Rogers' New Neighborhood

Like many people who grew up watching the show, I was pissed when PBS dropped Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from their daily lineup in 2008. Pissed but unsurprised. Fred Rogers is so un-commercial, un-merchandised, so resolutely calm, he's the diametric...
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February 21, 2011

Mazeltov, Facebook!

To honor the website which recently liberated his country an Egyptian dad has named his baby daughter Facebook. I suspect setting up Facebook's Facebook page will be only slightly easier than toppling the Mubarak regime. To Celebrate The #Jan25 Revolution,...
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February 19, 2011

She's Like Family, Comrade

I just love this story about whether nannies can/should work a family's shifts at the Food Coop in Park Slope. Of course, if your nanny does qualify as a member of your household, wouldn't it follow that that household is...
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February 17, 2011

Hanging Out

It is admittedly an odd thing to find one's photographs of one's childhood turn up on the far corners of the Internet. When I tracked him down to find out what was going on here, the owner of this...
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February 16, 2011

Fortune: Outrageous! Volvo Station Wagons Not To Be

Hamlet drives a Volvo XC70.via 240 or not 240, that is the question. You know, it seems so apt, I was going to transform Hamlet's soliloquy into a lament for the end of the Volvo station wagon, and with...
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Michele Bachmann Bought Her Own Damn Breast Pump.

Ask and ye shall receive. Kaz was needing an Uma chaser after Rep. Michele Bachmann's first/last appearance on DT, and we are happy to oblige. Of course, it comes at a price:Bachmann Blasts First Lady And 'Nanny State' -- For...
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February 15, 2011

Mazda 5 Nagare: You Never Step In The Same Minivan Twice

Mazeltov to the Richard Changs, who have a new daughter--and who get to test drive minivan life for the New York Times, beginning with the new Mazda 5. Which Chang hates on the outside--the former Mazda CEO's pet swoopy...
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Bitch All Up In My Dadblogging Business

Glad to see dads' blogging efforts aren't going unnoticed in the savvier corners of the feminist media. Rachel Fudge has a long, insightful look at the dadblog world in the new issue of Bitch ["not your mother's Ms."] Magazine. A...
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February 14, 2011

Robert Mango Designed The Cherub Crib.

It's always good to tie up loose ends, close loops, tick off the open items, bring closure to--well, maybe when it comes to the Cherub Crib, closure is not to be too hastily wished for. The Cherub was imported...
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A Liberal Bugaboo?

Wait, when Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-Crazytown, Minn.] says a government shutdown is a liberal "Bugaboo," does she mean it's awesome and a moneysaver, or expensive and crazy? Or is the other way around in reverse? Is it still liberal...
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February 13, 2011

We All Live In A Marketing Machine: Maclaren Yellow Submarine

In the town where this was born live some branding agencies. After problems with his wife, Paul's old band's now licensing. iTunes first, now Maclaren, Looking for a sea of green, And we marvel at the pimping of their...
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Your365? Has Disney Baby's Bedside Partner Our365 Visited You In The Hospital?

Alright, after a weekend off, I am ready to take a more level-headed look at this Disney Baby thing. The world's obviously not going to end when Disney characters start appearing on newborn gear and clothing or nursery walls or...
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February 11, 2011

Elmo On The Bowery

Found Art (Bowery) Unmonumental 470, by Joy Garnett, 2011...
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Here Are Strollers Made From Russian Submarine Mines.

Estonian sculptor Mati Karmin makes furniture out of salvaged WWII-era submarine mines left behind by the regrouping ex-Soviet army. True, this cowhide number is still a seat belt and a cupholder short of an actual stroller. So how's this? Strictly...
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DT Friday Freakout

it's been a while since we've had a good, old-fashioned round-up of freakouts from the worlds of safety, science, and parenting to ruin your weekend, so here goes: You might as well let the kid drink Coke, because diet soda...
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Disney Is Finally Making Baby Gear

And it won't stop until it sucks up $5 billion of parents' money each year, or until it falls on its face. Do I start with the disclosures? No, I'll start with a blogger's whine. I haven't wanted to...
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February 10, 2011

Some Gold-Plated Baby Gear Company Launches Wheatpaste Campaign

Army of 1yo? image via NY1 So someone hacked an 18-year-old public art installation in a subway tunnel, and replaced a photo of gold-plated subway worker tools with a photo of gold-plated diapers, Onesies and booties. And it took...
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OXO Is Finally Making Baby Gear

A generation ago, OXO's soft-handled potato peeler revolutionized the kitchen gadget market. Now, finally, they're making baby gear. And well, it kind of looks like every ergonomic and slightly designy toddler spoon and sippy cup on the market. I...
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3rd Place: A Children's Coloring Book, By Richard Prince

As one of the artier guys on the coloring book beat, I sometimes like to think that I'm set up in such a way that I find out about things like, say, a Richard Prince coloring book before they...
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February 9, 2011

There Is An Awesome Plywood Play Cube In A Barn In Europe Somewhere?

Alright, Internet, we have a job to do. In the NY Times, Berkeley feng shui master Liu Ming talked about the inspiration for the multi-function plywood cube-on-wheels his architect Toshi Kasai made for his loft. And it's not Ken Isaacs,...
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The Mercedes Benz B-Class v2.0 May Be A Thing

So on the way to get the car inspected, my headlight burns out, and so I have to detour against, then through, hellish Virginia rush hour traffic to get a new bulb. At the dealer, which I normally avoid....
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You've Come A Little Way, Baby! Marcel Breuer Coloring Book

The 1962 Marcel Breuer Coloring Book was featured on Daddy Types--wow--almost six years ago, but I'd forgotten about it. And the images on the Smithsonian's Archives for American Art site seem to be a little bigger now, so maybe...
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Green Eggs & Ham On Rye

Awesome Awesome Books author/artist/ dad Dallas Clayton has shared his list of top ten children's books with the posh British mumblog Babyccino [which I assume is pronounced -chino, though I was confused because first read it as -cinco. But enough...
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February 8, 2011

And We Would Go On As Though Nothing Was Wrong

When I imagine Playmobil versions of real world things, I imagine amusing dioramas. Or chubby little hands moving the characters through the scenes, a la Todd Haynes' underground Barbie doll epic, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. So I can...
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February 7, 2011

Beary Meyers

I haven't been keeping up with the Wary Meyerses nearly as much as I should, and for that I am sorry. Because, for one thing, they posted about these awesome Louis Vuitton polar bears almost a month ago. Apparently,...
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What To Expect, My Hipster Ass

Good grief, I have no idea WTF this is, but I have some theories, each more painful than the last: 1) what The Daily Show staff does while Jon Stewart takes the kids to Disney World. 2) a cruel...
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Sweet Minecraft Creeper Creeper

This is awesome, a creeper based on the Minecraft creepers, which run around and mess up your hard-built structures and what not. And which can also remind you of all the free time you used to have before the...
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February 6, 2011

My Baby Can Tweet

I smell a DVDportunity! via @HawthornLAT [twitter]...
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O-House: People, Kids Actually Living In Japanese Modernist House

The annoying thing about architecture porn goes triple for Japanese houses: they're always photographed completely empty, or with like one chair, as if they weren't in the land of the manga-hoarding otaku; there's never a trace of kids or...
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February 4, 2011

The Washington Post Takes Work-Life Balance Issues Very Seriously

"Where are men in the work/life conversation?" Asks the headline in Selena Rezvani's book-plugging guest post in the Washington Post's On Leadership blog. Yes, where are they? Ah, here they are: on Twitter, continuing the work-life balance conversation they've been...
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Fancy Old ABC Books?

In their monthly Rare Book Room selection, AbeBooks is featuring 25 vintage ABC books from their booksellers' inventories. Francoise's beautiful, simple illustrations are always nice to see, and the woodcuts of W.B. Falls' 1923 ABC Book are kind of...
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February 3, 2011

Where The Maurice Sendak Murals Are

Actually, there's just the one. Beginning in the early 60s, Lionel and Roslyn Chertoff were friends with Eugene Glynn and his partner, Maurice Sendak. [Lionel and Eugene were both psychiatrists.] In 1961, Sendak painted his only mural on the...
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February 2, 2011

'Wee Felix' Got His Finger Whacked By A Dash

A 2-yo in New Zealand got his fingertip near chopped off by a Phil & Teds Dash, which is not one of the models that have been recalled [again] recently for fingerchopping.:"The tip of his finger was 90 per cent...
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Ten Teen Moms? Norman Rockwell's Counting Book

Sheesh, if there's one thing this country could really use it's less Norman Rockwell. If there's two things, it's a chance for this kid to grow up in a supportive and loving environment free from bullying and fear so...
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OK, If The Wagon Does This, Too, We're In Business

I am loving this ad to pieces, but the more I watch it, the more I hope they're splitting the royalty checks with Alex Brown. via boingboing Previously, now sold out!: Alex Brown's epic Sad Vader now available via...
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February 1, 2011

It's Getting Slightly Harder Out There For A Crib Bumper Pimp

The CPSC is reversing its 2010 decision and will begin a review of the safety of crib bumpers, possibly with an eye to banning the useless, obsolete, and potentially deadly fashion accessories. Consumer Agency Tightens Scrutiny of Baby Sleep Products...
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The State Of The Star Wars Onesie Market

I guess there's a great disturbance in the licensing Force, because Modern Day Dad seems to be having a helluva time finding decent Star Wars Onesies these days. Star Wars Clothes (Onesies, Snapsuits, T-Shirts and Hats) for Babies and...
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Dear FDA, I Think I Just Opened An Email Meant For You

I don't want my FDA rolling over for Monsanto any more than I want my kid inadvertently eating Frankenfalfa, but I'm not sure that calling your entire email list a jerk is the best way to rally the troops here:...
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