Monday, January 18, 2010

I love Brooklyn Rehab

I've loved Brooklyn Rehab for a while, but there were a few pleasing things in the Etsy Shop today that made me want to post. Alyssa Zygmunt's brainchild, Brooklyn Rehab makes old things new again and proves that white porcelain can "upscale" nearly anything.

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I have a decent number of friends and colleagues who don't buy into the easy divide of boy/girl, man/woman, he/she that so many in the world love. So, I'm torn by these napkin rings. I love love love them, but am I politically allowed to own them? Could they be put out on the table, but people could choose any gender they want and have fun with it in that way? Further subverting this silly dichotomy?

I don't know. . . I just love love love them.

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There's a picture on the shop of this being held in hand and it looks like it's just about palm sized. Wouldn't you want to hold it all the time? Would it ever get to actually be a knick knack or would it just become your safety owl, carried with you everywhere you go?

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There aren't words for this guy. Yeesh. Lovely.

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