Friday, September 3, 2010

Posts Tagged ‘Daddy Types’

Bwahahalvar Aalto Children’s Playset

Bwahahalvar Aalto Children’s Playset

Thursday, September 2, 2010 21:09

So what did we discover in the upcoming Rago Arts Discovery auction scheduled for Sept. 11? That even with "(Attr.)" and "unmarked" in the lot description, it still takes a pretty big set of stones to sell this pile...

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Alright People, Start Mosaicking! Charley Harper Murals

Alright People, Start Mosaicking! Charley Harper Murals

Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:37

I know Charley Harper was so 2008 or whenever, but isn't now, after the Old Navy herd has moved on, the best possible time to make a Charley Harper-inspired mosaic mural? [Hint: YES.] In 1964, Cincinnati native Harper did...

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Sounds Pretty Crowded Under The Table

Sounds Pretty Crowded Under The Table

Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:02

UMass Amherst economist Catherine Haskins did a study of off-the-books household work, which includes nannies and housekeepers, and part of me really IS shocked, shocked to hear there are so many nannies under the table:Her analysis, which includes con...

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Goat Standing On A Cow T-Shirt

Goat Standing On A Cow T-Shirt

Thursday, September 2, 2010 0:52

As an impossibly infrequent producer of esoteric yet deeply meaningful kids' t-shirts based on true stories myself, I can only applaud the folks at RadioLab for introducing the Goat Cow Toddler Tee, a two-color design by Jez Burrows inspired...

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Deep In The Galaxy Far, Far Away: Wookie The Chew

Deep In The Galaxy Far, Far Away: Wookie The Chew

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:50

James Hance's site, where he sells his prints and comic books of his adorable creations such as Wookie the Chew, a Star Wars X Winnie the Pooh mashup starring Han Solo as Christopher Robin, is very slow at the...

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La Biennale Del Bambini

La Biennale Del Bambini

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8:00

The Venice Architecture Biennale opened last weekend. It's the first time it's been curated by a woman, Kazuyo Sejima, co-founder of the architecture firm SANAA. And because women are just so innately nurturing, the Biennale was transformed overnight i...

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Vintage Euro Pedal Car?

Vintage Euro Pedal Car?

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 15:10

The list of things I missed in Antwerp this summer is growing, one vintage Euro, iPhone-shaped pedal car at a time. This sweet little ride was at Atelier Solarshop on the day Dubieus Design, the vintage design and furniture...

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Ceci N’est Pas Un Crate Changing Table–Yet

Ceci N’est Pas Un Crate Changing Table–Yet

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 14:46

Andy just sent this over, and he's right, it'd make an awesome changing table. This happens to be in Atelier Solarshop's pop-up store in Antwerp, which is up through Oct. 9, if you want to go scout it out...

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Vacctivatic Immunity!

Vacctivatic Immunity!

Monday, August 30, 2010 16:07

Haha, wow, whatever you've ever said about vaccines and thimerosal and mercury and autism and herd immunity and government cover-ups and Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey and the Lancet and fabricating data to serve your litigious overlords, you're absolu...

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DT Friday Freakout: Depressing Edition

DT Friday Freakout: Depressing Edition

Sunday, August 29, 2010 23:51

I know the weekend's almost over, but I think freaking out over these stories from the worlds of parenting, science, health, and education can still ruin it retroactively: You thought "anchor babies" were gonna getchya? A politician in Rhode Island...

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