Affluenza: October 31

A realistic piggy bank, in various colors and finishes:

http://www.designpublic.com/shop/harry-allen/8677

"The Pig Bank is cast from a piglet that died a natural death." Wow, thanks for the fucking downer, you dicks! You couldn't pretend it was just a sculpture? Geez.

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The Capucin crypt beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione:

http://eternallycool.net/?p=728

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Korkeasaari Island Lookout Tower:

http://www.contemporist.com/2007/10/30/korkeasaari-island-lookout-tower/


Related? Kanazawa Station:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanazawa_Station

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Hilarious: if you purchase something at the Beate Uhse Sexshop, you're given awesome black bar glasses so you can stay incognito:

http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/2007/10/beate-uhse-glasses/

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Theory11's gorgeous Bicycle Guardian deck:

http://www.theory11.com/playingcards/guardians.php

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OMG! Awesome Party Guy Vid!

http://m.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=1791870446

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Open Flames Are The New Bowl Of Rocks, part VII:

http://www.radius-design.com/de/produkte/indoor/home-flame-collection.html

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If this were just an iPhone painted black, I probably wouldn't send it to you. But I love how it looks all Newtony with the retro logo:

http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/822/paint-it-black-the-iphone

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I love these masculine Contraforma cabinets, with their mix of modern and traditional elements, from Lithuanian designer Nauris Kalinauskas.

http://www.ona.com/en/products/57/1817

I guess they still use rotary phones in Lithuania...

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Maggie Williams does some pretty amazing glasswork:

http://www.maggiewilliamsglass.co.uk

I particularly like the alien and organic hanging vases...

http://www.maggiewilliamsglass.co.uk/hanging.html

...though I prefer them when they're all in one darker color:

http://www.maggiewilliamsglass.co.uk/images/maggiewilliamsglass-logo.jpg

Gorgeous. But I have a feeling a few of you will be more taken by her Teatime Series:

http://www.maggiewilliamsglass.co.uk/teatime1.html

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Refinery29's eBay blog:

http://refinery29.com/ebay_blog/index.php?topcategory=shopping_news

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The illustrations of Ian Kim:

http://www.ikplay.com/