Interior Decorating
Follies of the Mad Men #151
The French Foreign Legion. Enlistment of criminals. Hot, spartan living conditions. Death by savage natives. Cruel officers. Boredom, disease, fistfights.
Nice home furnishings? Not so much.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 07, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Interior Decorating, 1980s, Armed Forces
Mechanical Table
Most people have probably owned a kitchen table that can be enlarged by adding a piece in the center or unfolding an additional segment, but this is an entirely different (and purely awesome) method of expanding a table for larger groups. I honestly never thought it would be possible to get excited by a table, but I really want one of these.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Wed Nov 17, 2010 -
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Category: Furniture, Technology, Rube Goldberg Devices, Video, Interior Decorating
Knight TP Holder
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 16, 2010 -
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Category: Domestic, Interior Decorating, Kitsch and Collectibles
Bughouse Furnishings
If so, visit the Bughouse site.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 12, 2010 -
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Category: Design and Designers, Interior Decorating, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Weird Salt & Pepper Shakers
Can anyone explain the iconography here? Note that they do originate in Japan, source of much strangeness.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 25, 2010 -
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Category: Agriculture, Art, Surrealism, Domestic, Interior Decorating, Collectors, Asia
Funkalicious House
Posted By: Nethie - Mon Dec 28, 2009 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Interior Decorating, Landscaping
Follies of the Mad Men #74
This little film is simply the most brilliant surrealistic, dadaistic piece of cinema of the second half of the twentieth century. Opening with a full minute of a young woman wandering an autumnal landscape, it evolves into an anti-capitalist treatise featuring a world where decorative refrigerators rule mankind. And it's all done without dialogue. Forget Bunuel and Dali! Westinghouse and the Jam Handy Organization rule!
Considering it was made circa 1968, one has to ask: what were they smoking/dropping, and where can I get some today?
Posted By: Paul - Fri Oct 02, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Interior Decorating, Drugs, 1960s
Kitschin’ Tables
Which would you choose?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 28, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Human Marvels, Interior Decorating
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