Affluenza: November 14

Chiasso's Child Play Chess Set:

http://www.chiasso.com/store/item.aspx?itemid=53557

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A flask designed to look like it stopped a bullet for you at some point in the past:

http://charlesandmarie.com/lifestyle-gems/quintessentials/modern-living/details/product/the-lucky-flask-2/?tx_ttproducts_pi1%5BbackPID%5D=292&tstmp=1194683884

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Walter Knoll's Lazy Island:

http://www.trendir.com/archives/001341.html

(Does not involve Andy Samberg.)

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Two cool new products from OAK:

YMC's Buckle Boot: http://www.oaknyc.com/men/shoes/ymc-buckle-boot

United Bamboo's Tie Neck Dress:
http://www.oaknyc.com/women/new-items/united-tie-neck

"For the dandy punk in everyone"? "Perfect for the ironic hipster sporting a precocious school teacher ensemble"? What. The. Fuck. OAK? Do you even want us to buy these?

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Whoa. I LOVE Philippe Starck's BaObab. (It's a desk.)

http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Philippe_Starck_BaObab_Desk.html

Dig the one in MAD MEN blue! Awesome!

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I know you guys love all this modern minimalist furniture as much as I do, but honestly...deep down, wouldn't we really be more happy if we just cleared out our living rooms and installed an eight-foot bean bag?

http://www.comfysacks.com/beanbags/giantchairs.html

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Well, here's the most complicated idea for a photo shoot I've heard in a while: "What if we used modern clothes to recreate British skinhead fashions from the mid-70s and put them on black models and pretended that they were photos of an alternate universe Nigeria? And we'd scuff 'em up so they'd look like pictures from the 70s. And we'd call it Lagos Calling, 'cause it's sorta kinda a pun on London Calling, which didn't really have anything to do with skinheads, but you get the point."

The pictures look pretty good, though:

http://www.claytoncubitt.com/commissioned/galleries.php?gid=28

Speaking of Nigeria, check out these amazing portraits by Pieter Hugo:

http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/exhibitions/hugo/nigeria.htm

http://www.michaelstevenson.com/contemporary/exhibitions/hugo/nigeria_index2.htm

I think it's safe to say that, when all is said and done, the greatest accessory I ever featured on here will have been a freaking HYENA on A CHAIN. Want!

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Stefan Lie's Genie Tea Pot:

http://www.stefan-lie.com/v2/genie-tea-pot.cfm

Dude's last name is Lie. How cool is that? (If you type Johnny Dale into a cell phone using T9, it defaults to Johnny Fake.)

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Artists are exploring and reinventing all sorts of media, so, uh, why not snow globes? Check out Paloma Muñoz and Walter Martin's gorgeous and bleak work:

http://mocoloco.com/art/archives/004779.php

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I really love Elena Dorfman's haunting portraits of cosplayers:

http://www.elenadorfman.com/art/fandomania/index.html

Uh, I realize that for some of you, this is the second cosplay-related link I've sent you in as many weeks. I swear I'm not getting into that scene. (That would be hilarious.)

Speaking of treating fringe cultures with dignity and respect, how cute are these two?

http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/travel/escapes/04science.html

I mean, I don't really wanna hang out with them, but that picture is great. They seem fun and totally in love. (Oh my god, am I projecting?)

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FLOR's modern Christmas tree skirt:

http://www.iloveuma.com/detail.aspx?ID=1134

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Info on Erin Fetherston's Target line, dropping this Sunday:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Erin_Fetherston

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Egg Pants:

http://www.lizkin.com/info3.html

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An working exploded iPod, encased in resin:

http://anerroroccurredwhileprocessingthisdirective.com/2007/11/10/exploded-ipod-still-works/

I love the first comment. So earnest.

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A pewter trinket box, in the shape of a banana for some reason:

http://www.griffin-designstudio.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=80

"Cast from a real banana" but don't worry you guys...it died of natural causes.

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This is sorta cute...a planter designed to look like an apartment building with a lush rooftop garden:

http://www.mollaspace.com/product_info.php/products_id/245