Affluenza: February 27

The Ron Gilad's Dear Ingo chandelier is simply mindblowing. Wow!

http://www.unicahome.com/p21795/moooi/dear-ingo-by-ron-gilad-for-moooi.html

But: "biomorphic overtones?" Fuck off.

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Areo has a TON of fall-down beautiful matchbooks:

http://areohome.com/matches.html

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An actual store in Korea:

http://flickr.com/photos/mishamc/2174716455/in/set-72157603575774721/

The first entry in the official Affluenza shopping guide, coming soon.

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Tetris ice cube trays...

http://martin.zampach.com/detail/tetrice-ice-cube-maker

...combined with a description of a microwave oven, for some reason.

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"Sustainable" BS aside, I really like this bath caddy...dig the slot for your wine glass:

http://www.delight.com/Sustainable-Bamboo-Bath-Caddy-w-Book-Stand-Wine-Glass-Holder

Elegant manservant not included.

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In a shamless bid to be featured on Affluenza, Renata Quintela has disguised her Phone Concept as a Toaster Concept:

http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_file.asp?from_url=true&sort_by=1&portfolio_id=827002&individual_id=179897

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Gwen Stefani continues her tireless efforts to get women to dress like security guards:

http://eluxury.com/estore/browse/product_detail.jsp?id=11737796

I know, I know, it's a "schoolboy blazer," but look at that picture: if you saw that rather odd-looking woman walking towards you, wouldn't you just assume a fairly large portion of her day was spent in a golf cart?

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Clever computer speakers:

http://www.insound.com/search/showrelease.jsp?from=&p=INS42198&from=37020

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Salt and Pepper Maracas:

http://designmuseumshop.com/whats-new/salt-and-pepper-maracas

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Nice to see designers taking their cues from Flea's pants in the "Bust A Move" video:

http://www.mossonline.com/product-exec/product_id/29623/category_id/9

Oh my god, when my sister was 8 she was an avant garde chair designer!

The website says "price available upon request," which is designer-speak for "get fucked," but seriously: couldn't you totally make this with a cheap papasan and thirty bucks of Dollar Tree stuffed animals?