Affluenza: August 6

PICK OF THE WEEK
A hilarious app for your iPhone that costs a thousand dollars and does nothing except remind yourself and others that you can afford to spend a grand on a useless piece of software:

http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2008/08/06/armin-heinrich/

I know that I make fun of conceptual artists a lot on here, but this is great. Good job, Armin.

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AQHayon Mirror, with lasercut edges:

http://www.gnr8.biz/product_info.php?products_id=843

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Flower and leaf placemats:

http://www.couturelab.com/browse/PT6SC56C13.html

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I absolutely love these La Valise document holders:

http://design-milk.com/la-valise/

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Carry On Diluting That Brand Name!, a new series:

Vivienne Westwood and "jelly shoe" maker Melissa:

http://inkandwater.blogspot.com/2008/08/jelly-uh-westwoods.html

Globe-Trotter and J. Crew:

http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Category/bags/luggage.jsp

(I like the black, but the cream--which are sold out now--were really something. I love Globe-Trotter's stuff, but seriously, if you're gonna drop almost two large on a SUITCASE, are you gonna do it at friggin' J. Crew? Maybe they'll throw in a free repp tie belt!!!)

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Secret Love Letter Necklace:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_8&listing_id=13897050

I think this might be the first time I've featured something on Etsy without making fun of it.

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Anthropologie's Hedgerow Bedding:

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=890051

Oof: "This two-tone garden scene takes you behind the white picket fence, where an enchanted den of grasshoppers and small perching birds is revealed." Mr. Giada, calm down!

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An Open Flame Is The New Bowl Of Rocks, part of a continuing series:

http://www.radius-design.com/rshop/uni-flame-p-784.html

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Despite the fact that it's made of cardboard, I think this is actually one of the nicer cheap chess sets I've seen:

http://www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com/2008/08/newwave_chessboard.html

Come on: "Daniel Young, a New York-based inventor / designer. discovered that simply by cutting slits into the fluting of corrugated board he could harness its extraordinary capacity to hold and release inserted flat objects, like chess or checkers pieces." They make it sound like he was Prometheus delivering the gift of fire to Humanity...

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

http://design-milk.com/albero/

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The Rabbit Hand Mixer:

http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/08/01/rabbit-hand-mixer-why-not/

That is, a hand mixer that looks like a rabbit, not a hand mixer used for pureeing rabbits. Sorry.

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Plush Tears (my new band name, PS)

http://fredflare.com/customer/product.php?productid=4200&cat=103#

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FINALLY:Oh, come on...you just made this to get featured in Affluenza, didn't you?

http://www.notcot.org/post/12442/

Seriously, you're just fucking with me now.