Affluenza: May 21

GelaSkins are Blik decals for your laptop.

http://www.gelaskins.com/

Unfortunately, most of the decals feature the Juxtapoz-style lowbow art that everyone except Cory Doctrow got bored with eight years ago. I like this one, though:

http://www.gelaskins.com/skins.php?Device=7&Category=11&Skin=188&ProductCode=285

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We don't talk a lot about the more ostentatious symptoms of full-blown affluenza, like yachts or 19-year-old Russians, but check out the Spada TS Codatronca:

http://jalopnik.com/390540/spada-ts-codatronca-production-announced-tie-fighters-no-longer-cool

Oh, and while we're on the subject, Hermes designed a helicopter:

http://www.yatzer.com/postDetails.php?post=1030

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A rotary dial for your iPhone. Of course!

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/05/15/idial-iphone-analogue-style-rotary-dialler-application-a-modern-touchscreen-take-on-retro-phone-diallers/

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The sculpture of Thaddeus Erdahl:

http://www.roadsidescholar.com/2008/05/19/thaddeus-erdahl-ceramics/

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I love these animal silhouette bookends from Hiroshi Sasagawa:

http://shop.h-concept.jp/shop/A119/QxD461VwC/syoinfo/76

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I know I've complained in the past about the ubiquity of Starck's Louis Ghost chairs, but how adorable is the child-sized version???

http://pan-dan.blogspot.com/2008/05/lou-lou-ghost-baby-version.html

Perfect for your Phillip Lim-draped child!

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Tile tattoos?

http://charlesandmarie.com/blog/modern_living/2008/05/14/tile-tattoos/

I don't know, beats me.

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Remember that calendar wallpaper from a few weeks ago?

http://design-milk.com/christiaan-postma/

The same guy, whose name may or may not be an anagram, designed this super-neat clock:

http://www.christiaanpostma.nl/clock.htm (thanks, Ben!)

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I know that foodies are always insisting that you should never have a kitchen gadget that only does one thing, but I like these mincing scissors:

http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2008/04/chefs_herb_snip.php

Also: fuck foodies. Geesh.

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BuzzFeed clues into the An Open Flame Is The New Bowl Of Rocks trend:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/smokeless-fireplaces

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Cushtop:

http://www.bookofjoe.com/2008/05/cushtop.html

I think I'm actually going to get this. Uh, after I get a laptop that is.

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This Week's Inexplicable NotCot Caption, a new feature here at Affluenza:

"Return to Waster! Make louder statement when you return the junk mail!"

http://www.notcot.org/post/10698/

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There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World:

http://www.superherodesigns.com/journal/archives/000453.html (thanks again, Ben!)

Previously on Affluenza:

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/01/25/organizing-bookshelves-by-color/

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A toaster concept, this one with a coffee pot on the side:

http://www.likecool.com/Breville_BKT500_ikon_Kettle_Toaster--Kitchen--Home.html

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It's A Log You Idiots, part of a continuing series:

http://arwav.com/interiors/kaila-lamps-from-bleu-nature

No, seriously, it's a log:

http://www.helsinkihotel.fi/products/p1.php

It is a LOG you IDIOTS:

http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/2008/04/chop_side_table.html

IT'S A LOG IT'S A LOG GODDAMN IT GO OUT INTO THE FUCKING WOODS AND GET A LOG:

http://www.moderndose.com/product_info.php?cPath=87&products_id=340&osCsid=7c30b3c7bb50e00058700ebe671d0322