WANT

"Oh jeez, are you still talking about the giant squid?" said a coworker with finite patience when I had recited a few too many newly acquired facts about said cephalopod, in particular that the esophagus goes THROUGH ITS BRAIN. Hence, I need this sofa.

Anthropologie: Amelie Sofa, Fathoms.

I haven't been the same since I watched "Helvetica"

I almost missed Tuesday's Blog of Note and part of me wishes I had, because now when I look into the future I see myself falling down a rabbit hole and suddenly realizing I've spent 45 minutes looking at pictures of juiceboxes. I love this calendar!

Packaging of the World

Word It

Every month the creators of this website choose a word as inspiration- not for poignant, quirky radio stories presented by a gray haired man in hipster glasses but as a creative exercise for graphic designers. As simple as the themes are, it's interesting to see how many different directions participants take. I haven't gone through all 470 pages of submissions that have been submitted this month so far, but I like this one and this one and this one.

Giant Hammock

Looks so fun! But I bet change is always falling out of pockets onto the people below.

Apartment Therapy: Try This At Home? Giant Net for Hanging Out

Shredding scissors

Alain de Botton said of a gift he received "Someone gave me a very good stapler. When I got it, I thought, How boring. But it is very handy, and I always think fondly of the person who gave it to me. You can never go wrong by giving someone a pair of scissors or a stapler." These shredding scissors from the MoMA store (they may be available from the Container Store too) are certainly handy, and if you got them as a gift you'd have the pleasant thoughts of the person who gave them to you while doing a slightly unpleasant task.

Party Perfect:in the mood...

Fake Christmas trees

Last year was the first time in my life that my parents didn't get a real Christmas tree. My mom decided that if she was going to go fake she was going all the way, so she got the silver model. In keeping with the total abandonment of any semblance of reality, this company makes trees without that bothersome conical shape that Mother Nature gave the originals with no regard for the confines of an indoor setting. The silver tree won me over but I really can't decide if I think these represent a reasonable accommodation to small spaces or an abomination.

Apartment Therapy: Space Savers: Flatback & Corner Christmas Trees