Bonus Bone: Crackery Crockery

Crackery Crockery Plate no. 14 by Ornamented Life, at Horne

What a knock-out way to find beauty in a major flaw. Oranamented Life makes old cast-off dinnerware the star of the show by filling cracks and chips with 24K gold and hand-made enamel floral transfers. Each piece is (obviously) a unique piece of art.

For these reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

6 & 7 Appreciation

Our show was a success! Check out some of our photography (above, border) that got us PAID.

With reflective hearts and sore fingers, Porcelain & I had to un-install the 6 & 7 show this past Sunday. We worked hard on this project and we're taking a bit of a blog rest (if you call going through a million photos of photos "rest"). We'll be back to the blog soon, with our usual wit and phallicism.

In the meantime, know that we very much appreciate you...appreciating us. We need to specifically thank Debbie, Pup, Formica, Michael, Amy, Domino, The Hi-Rises, Leanne, Mike, Patti, Ania, Reinessa for laughing in the face of economics and buying some of our artwork. We are also completely in love with and touched by everyone who showed up, helped out, or lifted a glass of Pinot (above, center) in DB's arty honor.

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Weekend Flings

• A Chicago Gyros (seen above)
• Your Big Break
• Toto's Thunder
• "Mixtapes With Effort"

If you're new around here and have no idea what this list means, click HERE for a brief and witty explanation.

Bonus Bone: Indoor/Outdoor Houndstooth Rug & Love

Houndstooth Polypropylene Rug, at Overstock

I like this indoor/outdoor rug for a few reasons. Number one, houndstooth is a classic, a pattern that can mix with most others or stand proudly alone. Secondly, this design reminds me of my sister, Alison Rose, who is...

...finally engaged to her beloved Mr. Sketch! May love and houndstooth decorate the rest of your lives together!

For this reason, I, Cardboard, declare all this a Design Boner.

6 & 7

Here are our very exciting weekend photos! Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Weekend Flings

• Later, Gator?
• Ben Franklin for Everyone (seen above)
• They're Boxy but They're Good
• Taco Trivia
• A "Delicious" Montage

If you're new around here and have no idea what this list means, click HERE for a brief and witty explanation.

Bonus Bone: "Four Eyes" USB Drive

"Four Eyes" USB Drive, at The Curiosity Shoppe

Geek chic was never nerdier!

For this reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

*Cute girl photo courtesy of Smarts & Crafts

6 & 7 : The Gallery Show reminder

Cardboard, 1-10-2009

Porcelain, 4-28-2007

These two will be there on Saturday. Will you?!

Event Details:
6 & 7 Photographs by Design Boner
Saturday, July 18, 2009
6-10 pm
Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60608

For full details on how the gallery show got off the ground, go HERE.

A Changing Tile Trend

Remember how cool and futuristic those Hypercolor t-shirts seemed (at first)? Do you also recall how quickly that trend faded (from, say, blue-green into oblivion)?

Hypercolor Memories, at Nerd Approved

Temperature-Sensitive Glass Tiles, at Inventables

Um...yeah.

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Weekend Flings

• These Photos Will Be at the Show...Will You?! (seen above)
• Ye Olde IT
• Dirty Donald
• Love Goth

If you're new around here and have no idea what this list means, click HERE for a brief and witty explanation.

Bonus Bone: Handmade Condom Pillows

Lifestyles Banana Flavored Condom Pillow with Giant Fabric Condom, by LittleElk

Silkscreened safe snuggle.

Giant Condom Pillow (No Pockets), by Little Elk

For this reason, I, Cardboard, declare this a Design Boner.

6 & 7 : The Gallery Show

Cardboard and I have been committed to our 6 & 7 project for the past 2.5 years. We decided, for our 3rd blog birthday, that we'd like to do something really special and put together a gallery show...

[...blowing out those birthday candles...]

Our wish came true! For the past few months, we've been planning, editing, printing, list-making, top model photo shooting - all this while consistently excited and nervous - and, in less than two weeks, it's showtime!

We'd love to meet our readers (IRL) and show off the BIG BIG ENLARGEMENTS of our little ol' weekend photos. We hope many ALL of you can attend. If you are a design boner fan on Facebook, please RSVP on our event page.

Event Details:
6 & 7 Photographs by Design Boner
Saturday, July 18, 2009
6-10 pm
Chicago Art Department
1837 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60608

Special thanks to CAD resident artist Seth Gershberg for putting such a fancy orange bow on our birthday gift!

Glass canisters

Glass canisters, at CB2

I can be super picky about the most random of objects. For example, I've been looking for the perfect glass canister to hold cotton balls, Q-tips, etc. for several years! They're either too fussy for my tastes or more money than I want to spend on something that I feel "meh" about.

Looks like my search is finally complete. This set from CB2 is just what I was looking for: simple, modern and affordable. $6.95 for the little one and $8.95 for the big one. I'm sold!

6 & 7

Here are our weekend photos. Visit flickr to see the entire 6 & 7 collection.

Cardboard: left, Porcelain: right

Original inspiration by Stephanie & Mav at 3191

Weekend Flings

• More Than Just Rice & Fish (seen above)
• Mississippi is Going to Sit on You, or, Yeah, Colorado!
• A Perfectly Toasted Love Letter
• Housing Hold-Outs
• E-Jerk

If you're new around here and have no idea what this list means, click HERE for a brief and witty explanation.

Bonus Bone: Dutchtub

Dutchtub

When Hardwood and I went on vacation a month ago, we rented a house with a hot tub. We ended our days in the hot tub with a glass of wine and stared up at the stars. We decided if we ever have a vacation home, we must have some celebrity hot tub action!

Dutchtub offers everything that Hardwood and I want in a hot tub: cool design and environmentally friendly. You just need access to water and wood. No chemicals to keep the water clean and no electricity to heat the water.

For these reasons, I, Porcelain, declare this a Design Boner.

Fab Design for the Win

Enter Now!

Lady Briggles informed us of this crafty contest and we don't have much time so we need to do a quick and dirty post for all you pattern lovers out there. Put down the BBQ recipe for a second get to designing some fabric.

Fabric on Demand, an online DIY fabric design resource, is hosting a contest to design a fabric to reupholster the above (and naesty) set of four dining room chairs. The chairs' owners are open to your own color palettes and design motifs but the deadline is this Saturday, July 4th, 11:59pm PST. Here in Central Time, that buys you a few extra hours (July 5th, 1:59am) to knock yourself out with your coveted and until-now-undiscovered "square" pattern.

If you are looking for a little inspiration, take a look at the previously existing patterns that thrill the requisite family.


Make sure to follow the rules, the most important being that you are "capable of spending the $500 prize to revitalize the economy." Entries are open to popular vote on July 5th so good luck and tell 'em Design Boner sent ya'!