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[constance]

Design porn is better, sometimes, than the more traditional sorts of porn. For example, on a slow day at work you can unashamedly surf design porn without getting fired for it. Here are some of the things I've been loving on lately, divided into categories for your convenience.

Things I Can Do Myself and Might Just Try (and You Should Try Them Too):
pretty, reusable shopping bags
art on Necco Wafers
calligraphy graffiti
mailable art

Things I Totally Can't Do But Wish I Could:
filigreed tools
nails and toothpicks
driveable chalkboard

Things I Want To Buy:
strokable folders
fish tote

Things I Want To Play With:
a metric ton of super-cute computer games
visible pinball machine

Things That Don't Really Fit into My Other Arbitrary Categories but Which I Adored:
The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies
a racy ad
other people's refrigerators

Comments

[tilney.livejournal.com]

Those filigreed tools are just incredible. The contrast of material and texture is stunning. The more I see patterns like that, the more I am tempted to put my money where my mouth is and get that lace tattoo on my back. Ahh.

Calligraphy graffiti! Leonardo's self-portrait in nails! Those are very very cool. Design porn=yay.

[laurelwood.livejournal.com]

I had such a blast looking at all of these. The girls thank you, by the way, for the metric ton of super-cute computer games. My favorite is throwing yo-yos at crabs. As for the Necco art, I couldn't resist. (http://pics.livejournal.com/laurelwood/pic/00098pzr/) It's not exactly art, but still. :D I'd have had a bigger canvas if half of them hadn't broken.